Description

Description

xiaoliren ovoid, 5~8 mm long, 3~5 mm in diameter. Externally yellowish-white or pale brown, one end acute, and the other end obtuse, with a linear hilum on the edge of the acute end and a dark-coloured chalaza at the centre of the obtuse end from which many vascular bundles extend upwards. Testa thin, cotyledons 2, milky white, oily. Odour, slight; taste, slightly bitter.

function:

to relax the bowles, to subdue the upward qi, and to cause diuresis. Stagnancy of undigested food with abdominal distension and constipation; weakness and edema of the legs with oliguria. 1. Moistening and loosening the bowels 2. Promoting the circulation of water to relieve edema. To treat ascites with fullness and distension of the abdomen, it can be used with semen pharbitidis, radix euphorbiae kansui, etc; to treat dedma due to beriberi, disorders of urination and defecation, 10 g of the drug and 30 g of semen coicis may be used for decoction.

caution: may cause slight abdominal discomfort when taking effect against constipation.

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