INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Os Canis |
| Common English: | Dog's Bone |
Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Pungent, Salty |
Warm |
Spleen Liver Kidney |
1.5-3g |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Dispels Wind-Dampness and strengthens tendons and bones |
Rheumatic arthritis, sores and weakness of low back and knees |
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- Soak in wine, or stir-bake it into charcoal and pound into a powder.
- The ash of the bone generates muscles.
- The ash is applied to all weeping sores to promote granulation and to swollen breast abscesses.
- The ash is given as a tonic, for infantile convulsions and cholera.
- Roasted and taken with rice, Gou Gu is taken with rice to increase fertility in women.
- It is applied with lard for nasal polyps.