Category
Relieve Food Stagnation
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Raphani Semen
English Name
Radish Seed
Dosage
4.5-9g
Entering Channels
LU
Flavor
acrid
Temperature
neutral
Pregnancy
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
Individual Essential Oils
Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Inappropriate in the absence of food stagnation, phlegm, or other form of accumulation. Because it consumes the qi, it should not be taken long term. Unless specifically used to induce vomiting, it should be dry-fried.
Actions & Indications:
- Reduces food stagnation and eliminates distention: for food stagnation accumulationg in the middle burner with fullness and distention, belching with a rotten smell, acid regurgitation, or abdominal pain with diarrhea.
- Causes qi descend and reduces phlegm: for chronic productive cough or wheezing. Most effective in cases due to excess.
- Recently used for hypertension, as in Three-seed decoction to Nourish One's Parents.
