He Zi
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Name: Chebula Fruit (訶子)
Pinyin: He Zi
Pharm. Name: Fructus Chebulae
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Astringent, Sour, Bitter |
Astringe intestine to check diarrhea, astringe lung to check cough, relieve sore throat to produce sound. |
Lung, Stomach, Large Intestine, Spleen, Kidney |
3-10g |
Description:
This is a common herb used for chronic diarrhea and dysentery, because it is astringent in flavor, large intestine meridian entered, and has action of astringing intestines to stop diarrhea. For chronic diarrhea and dysentery due to deficiency cold, it is combined with the middle-warming and astringing herbs. It also can help with curing Chronic cough and aphonia.