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Che Qian Zi / Plantago Seeds
Che Qian Zi
Taste: Sweet • Temperature: Cold • Category: Drain Damp • Sub Category:

Dosage

4.5-9g

Actions

1. Promotes urination & clears heat: for any type of edema or painful urinary dysfunction due to damp-heat. Generally used for damp-heat pouring into the lower burner.

2. promotes urination to solidify the stool: for diarrhea associated with either damp-heat or damp-summerheat.

3. Clears the eyes: for eye problems associated with either Liver & Kidney deficiency (e.g., dry eyes or cataracts), or heat in the Liver channel (e.g., red, painful, swollen eyes & sensitivity to light) depending on which other herbs it is combined with.

4. Expels phlegm & stops cough: for Lung heat-induced cough with copious sputum.

Meridians

Bladder, Kidney, Liver, Lung

Cautions

Contraindicated during pregnancy. Use with caution in cases of exhausted yang qi, or spermatorrhea due to Kidney yang deficiency or exhaustion from overwork.