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Dong Chong Xia Cao / Cordyceps Fungus
Taste: Sweet • Temperature: Warm • Category: Tonic • Sub Category: Tonify Yang

Dosage

4.5-12g

Actions

1. Augments the Kidneys & tonifies the yang: for impotence & sore & weak lower back & lower extremities from Kidney yang deficiency.

2. Tonifies the Kidney yang, augments the Lung yin, transforms phlegm, & stops bleeding: for chronic cough, wheezing from deficiency, or consumptive coughs with blood-streaked sputum. Since it tonifies both the yin & the yang & is a very safe substance, it can be taken over a long period of time.

Meridians

Lung, Kidney

Cautions

Use cautiously in exterior conditions. Toxicity: A relatively small dose can be tranquilizing & even hypnotic in animals.