drug name | Chinese Waxgourd Peel |
[Variety Source]
This product is the outer peel of white gourd (Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.), a herbaceous plant of the bottle gourd peel family.
[Property]
sweet, slightly cold. act on spleen, stomach, large intestine and small intestine channels.
[Efficacy]
disinhibiting water and dispersing edema.
[Indications]
Used for edema, dysuria and other symptoms. This product promotes urination, drains moisture, and eliminates swelling. It is generally used as an auxiliary product to dilute water. It is often used with tuckahoe peel, Alisma, and Polyporus should be used together with other medicines.
[Usage and Dosage]
Three coins to one tael, decoct and take.
[Processing and Storage]
Wash, dry and chop into pieces.
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