Specimen photograph
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Cold
- Channels Entered
- BL, HT, ST
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Fructus Citrulli Vulgaris
- Chinese
- 西瓜
- Tone Marks
- xī guā
Chinese Herb Actions
- Relieves Summerheat, Generates Fluids, and Promotes Urination For patterns associated with Summerheat, especially when there is excess thirst, dry heaves, or scanty urination.
- Reduces Jaundice Used with other substances in treating icteric hepatitis.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 15-30 grams.
- Part used: juice.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Caution in cases of damp-cold and cold from deficiency of the spleen and stomach.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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