Ye Liao Dou

Ye Liao Dou

Name

Ye Liao Dou (Wild groundnut seed)

Property

Sweet, cool; lung, spleen and kidney meridians entered.

Actions

Tonify the kidney and liver, expel wind and remove toxicity.

Indications

Infantile malnutrition, night sweat, lumbar pain due to kidney deficiency, dizziness due to yin deficiency, pain in tendons and bones, postpartum convulsion.

Dosage and administration

Decoct 9~15 g, or made into pill or powder.

Cations

It is contraindicated for deficiency of spleen and stomach.