LU, LI (3-9g)
Xing Ren - King Ren (SLIGHTLY TOXIC)
King Ren loved to eat peaches and drink robitussin.
When his wife got pregnant (cc: pregnancy) (cc: diarrhea) with (cc: yin deficient cough) she blamed the peaches for being slightly toxic.
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English Name: apricot seed, bitter / sweet apricot seed |
Explanation of Key Words in this story... | |
| robitussin | stops coughing and relieves wheezing |
| peaches | moistens intestines; unblocks bowels |
Xing Ren Actions and Indications
- Stops cough; Relieves Wheeze (various kinds of cough and wheezing, due to exterior wind-cold or wind-heat, phlegm-heat, dryness)
- Moistens intestines and unblocks the bowels (constipation due to dryness or deficiency of qi, blood, and body fluid)
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: infants)
- (cc: diarrhea)
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Alternate Forms:
- Tian nan xing- sweet apricot seed. Sweet, neutral, moistens LU, stops cough.
- Xing Ren Shu Pi - the bark of xing ren. Coincidentally it treats Xing Ren overdose. Cook 60g Xing Ren Shu Pi in 300 mL of water for 20 minutes.
- Special Notes:
- Pharmacologically Xing Ren is an anti-hypertensive, anti-tussive, and anti-asthmatic.
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