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Ban Mao
Cantharides
Ban Mao Properties: PUNGENT - COLD/TOXIC Dosage: 0.03 – 0.06g.
Cantharides Meridian: LARGE INTESTINE, LIVER, SMALL INTESTINE
(Mylabris)
-attack toxins, wears away
sores - topically – sores,
carbuncles, scrofula
-greatly irritates skin
producing blisters and redness
-breaks up blood stasis,
disperse clumps – palpable non-moving masses
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Reference:
Benskey & Gamble 1986, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica,
Seattle Washington, Eastland
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Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica
Benskey and Gamble

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