Long Kui
Solanum nigrum龙葵
- Nature
- Cold
- Flavours
- Bitter
- Meridians
- Bladder, Lung, Stomach
- Class
- Heat-Clearing and Fire-Purging Medicinals (Qing Re Xie Huo Yao)Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Resolving Medicinals (Qing Re Jie Du Yao)
- Dosage
- 15–30 g
Actions / Functions
- Clarifies Heat
- Drains the Fire
- Activates the Blood
- Favors Water elimination (diuresis)
- Treats Lin Syndrome (strangury)
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction)
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction – topic use)