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She Gan / Belamcanda Rhizome
She Gan
Taste: Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Relieve Toxicity

Dosage

1.5-9g

Actions

1. Clears heat, relieves toxicity, & improves the condition of the throat: for pain & swelling of the throat due to fire excess, fire toxin, or phlegm-heat obstruction. Sometimes used alone for sore throat.

2. Transforms phlegm & clears the Lungs: for cough & wheezing with phlegm obstruction. Its effect on phlegm is so strong that it is combined with warming herbs in treating obstruction & clogging due to cold phlegm.

Meridians

Lung

Cautions

Contraindicated during pregnanacy, & in cases of Spleen deficiency with diarrhea.