Xi Xin (Mi Zhi)
Herba Asari (cum melle tost.)蜜炙细辛
- Nature
- Moistening, Warm
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, slightly Sweet, Sour
- Meridians
- Heart, Kidney, Lung
- Class
- Acid-Warm Exterior-Releasing Medicinals (Xin Wen Jie Biao Yao)
- Dosage
- 2–7 g
Actions / Functions
- Xi Xin (Mi Zhi): this preparation allows Lung-warming, Yin-transforming (Phlegm) actions and calming cough
- Warms the Lung
- Warms the Lung and transforms Yin
- Stops cough