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Traditional Chinese Medicine/Shui Niu Jiao
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Name Means:
Shui-Water
Niu-Buffalo
Jiao-Horn
English Name:
Water Buffalo Horn
Chinese Name:
水牛角
Taste & Temperature:
../Xian-Salty/
../Han-Cold/
Channels:
Hand Shao Yin of Heart
Foot Jue Yin of Liver
Foot Yang Ming of Stomach
Actions & Indications:
Clear Heat & Cool Blood, for Heat in Blood level
Clear Blood Heat, stop bleeding
Clear Heat-Toxin
Clear Heat and suppress tremors
Replacement for ../Xi Jiao/ (Horn of the rhinoceros)
Contraindications:
Spleen/Stomach deficiency with diarrhea
Rashes in patients with deficient Qi and without high fever
Caution:
pregnancy
Antagonizes:
Shui Niu Jiao antagonizes
../Chuan Wu/
../Cao Wu/
../Lei Wan/
Dosage:
Thin Slices: 10-40 qian (30-120 grams)
Powdered: 2-5 qian (6-15 grams)
back to:
../Qing_Re_Liang_Xue/
../TCM Materia Medica/