xi gua pi

Name: xi gua pi
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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

Pinyin	xi 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

xian di huang
Damp-Heat invasion of the Middle Jiao
he ye + jin yin hua
Summerheat patterns
he ye + jin yin hua + bian dou hua
Exterior patterns contracted in summer

Dosage

Age	Raw	Granule	Tincture	Concentrate	Frequency
Any	9-30 g	—	—	—	—

Cautions

caution Deficiency Cold of the Spleen and Stomach

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