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Croton Fruit
Croton Fruit. Class: Offensive Purgative Medicinal. Properties: Pungent; Hot; Extremely Poisonous. Meridians: Stomach; Large Intestine
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Ba Dou
中文名 (Chinese)
巴豆
Latin Name
Crotonis Fructus; Fructus Crotonis
English Name
Croton Fruit
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Hot; Extremely Poisonous
Meridians (归经)
Stomach; Large Intestine
Part Used
Seed
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Offensive Purgative Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
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🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
1. to drain accumulated cold downward; 2. to transform water and reduce edema; 3. to resolve phlegm and benefit throat
Indication (主治)
Distention fullness and sudden pain in chest and a bdomen, fecal stoppage, diarrhea and dysentery, edema and enlarged abdomen, phlegm-rheum asthma fullness, throat wind, throat impediment, concretion and conglomeration, welling abscess and flat abscess, malign sore and scab lichen.
Toxicity
Extremely toxic
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