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Prawn

对虾
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Name

Dui Xia (Prawn)

  1. 对虾
  2. 海虾
  3. 明虾
  4. Dui Xia
  5. 對蝦
  6. 海蝦
  7. 明蝦

The Effect of Prawn

Property

Sweet, salt, cold.

Actions

Tonify the kidney, strengthen yang, tonify yin and

Indications

Unhealing ulcer, tetany, yin deficiency, deficiency of the kidney, impotence, hemiplegia.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 15~30 g or cook it for eating, or soaked in wine. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.