Yu Xing Cao - Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity 
      LU (15-30g) | 
  
	 
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      Yu Xing Cao - You King Cow?!? 
      King Cow lived in the toxic desert until he 
      developed swelling and pus and moved to the 
      jungle to eat cranberries. 
       
 
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              English Name: houttuynia 
               
		 
              Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Houttuyniae 
            
		 Properties: acrid, cool
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			   Explanation of Key Words in this story... | 
		 
		
          | toxic desert... swelling and pus | 
          clears toxic heat; swelling / pus  | 
		 
		
          | jungle | 
          drains damp heat | 
		 
		
          | cranberries | 
          promote urination; relieves PUD | 
		 
	 
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      Yu Xing Cao
      Actions and Indications 
        - Clears toxic heat; reduces swelling, expels pus (Lung 
          abcess, cough caused by LU heat, phlegm-heat or LU heat cough with thick 
          sputum, smoker's phlegm; carbuncles, sores)
 
        - Drains damp-heat; promotes urination; relieves PUD 
          (damp-heat diarrhea; PUD)
 
        - (cc: cold deficiency)
 
        - (cc: yin furuncles)
 
        - (cooking: do not decoct long)
 
       
		Special Notes:
        - Known as the "fishy smelling herb" it has a distinct smell when freshly harvested from the ground.
 
		 
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