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The Daily Enlightenment
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Singles - Herbs |
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菖蒲(石) |
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ShiChang Pu |
Sweetflag Rhizome |
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Properties: |
Pungent-warm, aromatic |
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Meridians: |
HT - ST |
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Category: |
Resuscitation |
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Names: Acorus Gramineus; Japanese Sweet Flag. Grassleaved
Sweetflag
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Properties:
- open
orifices, vaporize phlegm, quiet spirit – sensory orifice
disorder due to phlegm – deafness, dizziness, poor memory,
dulled sensation, seizures
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harmonize middle burner, transform turbid damp, abdominal
pain
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wind-cold- damp – painful obstruction, trauma and sores
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Dosage: 3 – 9 g.
Functions:
Induces resuscitation and calms the mind as well as resolves
dampness and normalizes the functioning of the stomach.
Sweetflag has a very long history of medicinal use in many herbal
traditions. It is widely employed in modern herbal medicine as an
aromatic stimulant and mild tonic. In Ayurveda it is highly valued
as a rejuvenator for the brain and nervous system and as a remedy
for digestive disorders.
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