Che Qian Zi (Yan) 100 grams

Che Qian Zi (Yan) Granules, 100g Bottle

Brand: TCM Zone Single Herb Granules in Bottles

English name: Plantago Seed

Chinese name: Che Qian Zi (Yan) Granules

Unit Size: 100g Bottle

Potency: 5:1 extract granules

Taste: Sweet - Bensky

Properties: Cold - Bensky

Contraindications: Use with caution during pregnancy or in those with loss of essence due to Kidney deficiency, unless combined with complementary herbs that secure the Kidneys. -Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: Any type of edema or painful urinary dribbling due to damp-heat; Diarrhea associated with damp-heat or summerheat; Dry eyes, diminished visual acuity, red, painful swollen eyes with sensitivity of light, Lung heat induced cough with yellow, copious sputum - Bensky

Actions: Facilitates urination, separates the clear and turbid fluids, guides damp-heat downward and out of the body through the urine. - Bensky

Pattern: Damp-heat (pouring into the lower burner); Damp-summerheat; Liver deficiency; Kidney deficiency; Heat in the Liver channel; Lung heat

Channels Entered: Bladder, Kidney, Liver, Lung - Bensky

Ingredients

Che Qian Zi (Yan) - Plantaginis Semen (processed)

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinse Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Promotes urination and clears damp-heat: for any type of edema or painful urinary dribbling due to damp-heat. Generally used for damp-heat pouring into the lower burner.
• Promotes urination to solidify the stool: for diarrhea associated with either damp-heat or damp-summerheat.
• Clears the eyes: for eye problems associated with either Liver and Kidney deficiency (e.g., dry eyes or diminished visual acuity), or heat in the Liver channel (e.g., red, painful, swollen eyes and sensitivity to light), depending on the other herbs with which it is combined.
• Expels phlegm and stops cough: for Lung heat-induced cough with yellow, copious sputum.

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