Pharmaceutical Name: |
Exocarpium Benincasae |
Botanical Name: |
Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. |
Common Name: |
Benincasa peel, Chinese Wax Gourd |
Source of Earliest Record: |
Kaibao Bencao |
art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
The peel of the gourd is dried in the sun. |
Properties and Taste: |
Sweet and slightly cold |
Meridian: |
Lung and small intestine |
Functions: |
To promote water metabolism and reduce edema. |
Indications and Combinations: |
Edema. *Use with Phaseolus seed (Chixiaodou), Imperata rhizome (Baimaogen) and Poria (Fuling) in the formula Donggua Wan.
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Dosage: |
15-30 g |