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Ting Ling Zi / Descurainia Seeds
Ting Ling Zi
Taste: Acrid, Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Tranform Phlegm & Stop Coughing • Sub Category: Relieve Coughing & Wheezing

Dosage

3-9g

Actions

1. Drains the Lungs, reduces phlegm, & calms wheezing: for excess type wheezing or coughing with copious sputum & a gurgling sound in the throat due to phlegm accumulation or Lung heat.

2. Moves water & reduces edema: for facial edema or fluid accumulation in the chest or abdomen with urinary difficulty due to excess type obstruction of the Lung & Bladder qi.

Meridians

Lung, Bladder

Cautions

Contraindicated for wheezing & cough due to Lung qi deficiency, & for edema due to Spleen deficiency.