Pharmaceutical Name: |
Semen Euryales |
Botanical Name: |
Euryale ferox Salisb. |
Common Name: |
Euryale seed |
Source of Earliest Record: |
Shennong Bencao Jing |
art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
The ripe seeds are collected from August to September. The seeds are shelled, dried in the sun and pounded into pieces. |
Properties and Taste: |
Sweet, astringent and neutral |
Meridian: |
Spleen and kidney |
Functions: |
To tonify the spleen and stop diarrhea To strengthen the kidneys and control essence To dispel dampness and relieve leukorrhea |
Indications and Combinations: |
1. Chronic diarrhea due to deficiency of the spleen. *Use with White atractylodes (Baizhu) and Dioscorea (Shanyao).
2. Seminal emissions or leukorrhea. *Use with Flattened milkvetch seed (Shayuanzi) and Cherokee rose hips (Jinyingzi).
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Dosage: |
10-15 g |