Qian Niu Zi
Semen Pharbitidis牵牛子
- Nature
- Cold
- Flavours
- Bitter
- Meridians
- Kidney, Large Intestine, Lung
- Class
- Downward-Draining (Purgative) Medicinals (Xie Xia Yao)Drastic [Purging] Water-Expelling Medicinals (Jun Xia Zhu Shui Yao)
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
Actions / Functions
- Purges and clears out through the bottom
- Favors the feces
- Purges the Water (drastic action)
- Disperses swellings (edemas)
- Resolves Phlegm (Tan)
- Eliminates parasites