Herb Listings
Mu Li (Duan) / Oyster Shell, Calcined | |||
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Taste: Slaty, Astringent • Temperature: Cool • Category: Calm Shen • Sub Category: Anchor and Settle Shen | |||
Dosage15-30g |
Actions1. Settles & calms the spirit: for palpitations with anxiety, restlessness, & insomnia.2. Benefits the yin & anchors the floating yang: for irritability insomnia, dizziness, headache, tinnitus, blurred vision, bad temper, or a red, flushed face due to yin deficiency with ascendant yang. 3. Prevents leakage of fluids: for continuous sweating in patients with steaming bone disorder or in the aftermath of a warm-febrile disease. Also used as an astringent for spontaneous sweating, night sweats, nocturnal emissions, spermatorrhea or vaginal discharge, & uterine bleeding due to deficiency. 4. Softens hardness & dissipated nodules: for various kinds of lumps in the neck such as scrofula & goiter. 5. Absorbs acidity & alleviated pain: used in calcined form for excessive Stomach pain with a sour taste in mouth. |
MeridiansLiver, Kidney |
CautionsNot to be used in cases of high fever due to excess with an absense of sweating. May have adverse effects when combined with ma huang, wu zhu yu & xi xin. Overdose may lead to indigestion or constipation. |