Herb Listings
Ge Jie / Gecko Lizards | |||
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Taste: Salty • Temperature: Neutral • Category: Tonic • Sub Category: Tonify Yang | |||
Dosage3-7g pill or pwdr, 9-15g decoction w/out head & feet usually, tail most potent |
Actions1. Benefits the Kidneys & tonifies the Lungs: for Kidney & Lung deficiency, when the Kidney is unable to grasp the qi, manifesting in wheezing. Also used for consumptive cough or cough with blood-streaked sputum.2. Assists the Kidney yang & augments the essence & blood: for impotance, daybreak diarrhea, & urinary frequency from deficient Kidney yang. |
MeridiansLung, Kidney |
CautionsContraindicated in patients with wheezing & coughing from either externally contracted wind-cold or excess heat. |