Herb Listings
Shi Jue Ming / Abalone Shell (Haliotis) | |||
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Taste: Salty • Temperature: Cold • Category: Extinguish Wind • Sub Category: | |||
Dosage9-30g, in decoction cook aprox. 1 hour before adding other ingredients, also used in powder & pill |
Actions1. Drains fire & causes yang to descend: for Liver fire & ascendant Liver yang patterns with such symptoms as headache, dizziness, & red eyes.2. Improves vision & causes superficial visual obstructions to recede: for Liver heat patterns that affect the eyes causing photophobia, pterygium or other superficial visual obstructions, red eyes, & blurred vision. |
MeridiansKidney, Liver |
CautionsAccording to some traditional sources, this substance counteracts xuan fu hua. |