Dan Cai

淡菜

Name

Dan Cai (Mussel)

Property

Sweet, salt, warm; liver and kidney meridians entered.

Actions

Tonify the liver and kidney, replenish essence and blood, dissipate goiter and tumor.

Indications

Weakness and thinness caused by consumptive disease, dizziness, leucorrhea, abdominal mass, lumbago, impotence, hematemesis, goiter and tumor, uterine bleeding, night sweat.

Dosage and administration

Decoct 15~30 g, or made into pills and powder.