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Musk

Musk. Class: Resuscitative Stimulant; Resuscitative Medicinal. Properties: Pungent; Warm. Meridians: Heart; Spleen

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
She Xiang
中文名 (Chinese)
麝香
Latin Name
Moschus
English Name
Musk
Alias Names
遗香脐香心结香当门子生香麝脐香四味臭元寸香臭子腊子香脐子
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Spleen
Part Used
Dried secretion obtained from musk gland of musk deer
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Resuscitative Stimulant; Resuscitative Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
开窍药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To open orifices and arouse spirit, quicken blood and dissipate binds, disperse swelling and relieve pain.
Indication (主治)
Angina pectoris, cerebral thrombosis, vascular migraine, carcinoma, febrile diseases clouded spirit, wind stroke with phlegm reversal, qi depression and fulminant reversal, malignity stroke stupor, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, concretion conglomeration accumulation and gathering, sudden pain in heart and abdomen, knocks and falls, wound, impediment pain numbness, malign sore with welling abscess and flat abscess, throat impediment, mouth sore, gan of teeth and gum, otitis media.
🔗 External References
TCMID
4428
TCM-ID
1880