「味甘平。主心腹邪气,安中养脾,助十二经,平胃气,通九窍,补少气少津液,身中不足,大惊,四肢重,和百药。」
Sweet in flavor, neutral. It treats pathogenic qi in the heart and abdomen, settles the center and nourishes the spleen, assists the twelve channels, levels stomach qi, opens the nine orifices, supplements scant qi and fluids, insufficiency within the body, great fright, and heaviness of the limbs — and it harmonizes the hundred medicinals.
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