xi gua pi

About xi gua pi

Xi Gua Pi is the rind of the watermelon. It is sweet and bland in flavour and cold in temperature, entering the Heart, Stomach and Bladder channels.

Names

Pinyinxi gua pi

Classification

Channels
Stomach, Heart, Bladder
Flavour
Sweet, Bland
Temperature
Cold

Actions and indications

Clears Summerheat and generates Fluids

  • Summerheat with marked thirst, scanty dark urine and dry retching

Promotes urination and clears jaundice

  • Hepatitis with jaundice

Cools Heat in the Lungs and Stomach

  • Lung and Stomach Heat

Combinations

Dosage

AgeRawGranuleTinctureConcentrateFrequency
Any9-30 g————

Cautions