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Silver carp

鲢鱼
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Name

Lian Yu (Silver carp)

  1. 鲢鱼
  2. Lian Yu
  3. 鰱魚

The Effect of Silver carp

Property

Sweet, warm; spleen and stomach meridians entered.

Actions

Warm the spleen and stomach, tonify qi, induce diuresis.

Indications

Weakness caused by long illness, edema.

Dosage and Administrations

Cook it for eating, 100~250 g.

Cautions

It is contraindicated to dysentery, pox, eye disease, malaria, sores and ulcers.