Ni Qiu

泥鳅

Name

Ni Qiu (Oriental weatherfish)

Property

Sweet, neutral; spleen, liver and kidney meridians entered.

Actions

Tonify the spleen and kidney, induce diuresis, remove toxicity.

Indications

Difficult urination, impotence, skin itch, diabetes, edema, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, haemorrhoids, deep-rooted boil, viral hepatitis, thrist due to fever.

Dosage and administration

Cook it for eating, or made into pills and powder. Proper dosage is for external application. Stir-bake it into charcoal and then pound into powder for applying.