Xiang Ru
| Xiang Ru in TCM:Explore the properties of Xiang Ru according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: elshotzia
Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Elshotziae seu Moslae
Properties: acrid, slightly warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: LU, ST
Flavors: pungent
Special Properties:
disperses cold, clears damp, resolves water accumulations, disperses wind
Actions / Indications:
- Releases Exterior W/C; transforms damp, harmonizes middle
jiao (use to expel wind-cold in the summer, "summertime
ma huang", chills, fever, headache, no sweating, body aches; diarrhea:
expels interior damp; induces sweating.
- Promotes urination, reduces edema (strengthens SP
to relieve edema, urinary difficulty; especially with exterior pattern)
- (cc: exterior deficiency with sweating)
- (cc: according to some sources: drink cool to avoid vomiting)
- (cooking: cook short time for exterior disorders; cook long and concentrated
for edema)
Special Notes:
- It is commonly accepted that the herbs of choice to clear wind-cold
from the exterior is Ma Huang in the winter
and Xiang Ru in the summer.
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