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胡荽

The Effect of 胡荽

Property

Pungent, warm; lung and spleen meridians entered.

Actions

Induce sweating and promote eruption, promote digestion and direct qi downward.

Indications

Indigestion and inadequate eruption.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 9~15 g, or 15~30 g of the fresh product or pounded into juice. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into powder for applying or decocted for washing.

Cations

It is contraindicated for adequate eruption.