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Powdered pangolin scales Manis pentadactyla (powder)

Medicines that activate blood and resolve stasisCold
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Traditional recorded function

Activate blood and dissolve abdominal masses, unblock menstruation, promote lactation, reduce swelling and discharge pus

1. Used for abdominal masses and accumulations, amenorrhea, and wind-damp painful obstruction due to Blood stasis obstruction. 2. Used for postpartum failure of lactation. 3. Used for carbuncle swellings and toxic sores, scrofula, etc.

Nature & taste

SaltyCold

Meridians entered

LiverStomach

Botanical source

Accepted nameManis pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758

FamilyManidae

Found in these formulas

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