Lai Fu Zi
| Lai Fu Zi in TCM:Explore the properties of Lai Fu Zi according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: raphanus, radish seed
Pharmacuetical Name: Semen Raphani
Properties: acrid, sweet, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: LU, ST, SP
Flavors: sweet, pungent
Special Properties:
resolves phlegm, resolves food stagnation
Actions / Indications:
- Dissolves Food Stagnation; relieves distension (fullness
and distension, acid regurgitation, belching with rotten smell, gas,
bloating; abdominal pain with difficult diarrhea)
- Descends LU qi; dissolves phlegm (cough or wheeze
with profuse phlegm and food stagnation - phlegm stagnation)
- (cc: qi deficiency)
- (cc: reduces the effectiveness of ren shen; do not combine)
- (cooking: crush before decocting)
Special Notes:
- (cooking: crush before decocting)
- Gu Ya and Mai Ya
have similar functions to clear food stagnation and strengthen the middle
jiao.
Contraindications:
- (cc: qi deficiency)
- (cc: reduces the effectiveness of ren shen; do not combine)
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