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Ge Jie
蛤蚧
gé jiè
Category:
Tonifying Herbs
Tonify Yang
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Tastes:
Salty
Dosage:
3-6g; when taken directly as a powder, 1-2g
Cautions:
Contraindicated in those with cough and wheezing from either externally-contracted wind-cold or heat from excess.
Meridians:
Lung
,
Kidney
Preparation:
No preparation data at this time
Quality:
Consists of large adn fat, dried specimens with an unfragmented tail section.
Reference Source:
Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')
Notes:
No notes at this time
Formulas
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rén shēn gé jiè sǎn (Ginseng and Gecko Powder)
Alternate Names:
Pharmaceutical:
Gecko
Botanical:
Japanese:
gōkai
Korean:
hapgae
Common:
gecko
Temperature:
Neutral
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Benefits the Kidney and Lung (for Kidney Unable to Grasp Qi)
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Augments Jing and Blood.
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Tonifies the Lung qi
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Assists the Kidney yang
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calm wheezing
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Cough
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Coughing
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Wheezing
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Consumptive cough
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Cough with blood steaked sputum
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Impotence
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Daybreak diarrhea
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