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- Flavor: cool
- Nature: sweet (esp good for HT)
- Function:
- -nourish HT, strengthen SP
- -ease irritability, relieve thirst
- -promote urination
- Application:
- -hysteria / menopause due to HT Yin Def
- -thirst / dry mouth --> diabetes
- -difficult urination of elderly
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- Flavor: sweet
- Nature: slightly cold
- Function:
- -Promote urination and transform dampness
- -strengthen SP
- -eliminate Bi-syndrome
- -clear heat and drain pus
- Application:
- -difficulty urination, edema, beriberi
- -diarrhea due to SP Def
- -Wind-Damp Bi --> joint and sinew pain
- -LU abcess and intestinal abcess due to infection
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- Flavor: sweet
- Nature: slightly warm
- Function:
- -tonify SP & ST
- -benefit LU Qi
- Application:
- -fatigue, reduced appetite, diarrhea due to SP & ST Def
- -spontaneous sweating due to LU Qi Def
- -thirst and dry mouth
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- Flavor: sweet, salty
- Nature: cool
- Function:
- -tonify Middle Jiao and benefit Kidney
- -clear heat and detoxify
- -nausea, vomiting, diarrhea due to SP & ST Def Heat
- -thirst (diabetes)
- -difficult urination with fever
- *very ancient grain - one of the oldest grains in the world
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- Flavor: sweet
- Nature: Neutral
- Function:
- -tonify LR and KI, nourish Blood and Essence
- -moisten intestines
- Application:
- -dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus and reduced hearing
- -premature graying hair, hair loss
- -constipation
- Notes:
- -anti-aging, high blood sugar, high blood pressure, high blood lipid
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- Flavor: sweet
- Nature: neutral
- Function:
- -reinforce SP and remove Damp
- -disperse blood stasis and detoxify
- Application:
- -edema and difficult urination due to weak SP
- -dysentery or hemorrhoids with blood in stool
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- Flavor: sweet
- Nature: neutral
- Function:
- -noursih KI Yin
- -reinforce SP, remove Dampness
- -detoxify
- Application:
- -thirst due to diabetes involving KI Def
- -edema due to weak SP
- -contraction of limbs and pain from damp Bi
- -poisoning or untoward reactions after taking drugs that have Hot nature (i.e. Fu Zi)
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- Flavor: sweet
- Nature: cold
- Function:
- -clear heat and damp, relieve Summer heat
- -induce urination
- -detoxify
- Application:
- -thirst from feverish diseases and Summer-heat stroke
- -edema and difficulty urination due to Damp-Heat
- -poisoning or untoward reaction caused by taking Hot natured drugs
- Notes:
- -not for Yang Def
- -classically for all poisons
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- Flavor: sweet
- Nature: neutral
- Function:
- -reinforce SP
- -promote lactation after childbirth
- -moisten LU and dissolve phlegm
- Application:
- -poor appetite, emaciation and general weakness or beriberi with edema of legs due to SP Qi Def
- -lack of milk after childbirth due to Qi & Blood Def
- -persistent cough due to LU Qi Def and dryness
- Notes:
- -should not use if greenish yellow appearance
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