Huang Gua

黄瓜

Name

Huang Gua (Cucumber)

The Effect of Huang Gua

Property

Sweet, cool; lung, spleen and stomach meridians entered.

Actions

Clear heat, induce diuresis and remove toxicity.

Indications

Scalds and burns, edema with oliguria, thrist caused by fever, sweat stain, oliguria with dark urine.

Dosage and Administrations

Cook it for eating or eat the raw, or pounded into juice for drinking. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into juice for applying.

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