大蒜
The Effect of 大蒜
Property
Pungent, warm; spleen, stomach, lung and large intestine meridians entered.
Actions
Resolve swelling, arrest diarrhea, remove toxicity and kill parasites.
Indications
Scabies, swelling and boils, dysentery, diarrhea, ancylostomiasis, enterobiasis, tuberculosis.
Dosage and Administrations
5~10 g, eaten raw or made into syrup. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or cut into slices for wiping or moxibustion separated by garlic slice.
Cations
It is contraindicated for oral taking in case of yin deficiency with effulgent fire and people with eye disease or tooth disease or tongue disease or throat disease.