SHUI NIU JIAO
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Water Buffalo Horn

Nomenclature

SHUI NIU JIAO
水牛角
Water Buffalo Horn
Other Names

Buffalo Horn


Properties:

Bitter Salty
Heart / HT Liver / LR Stomach / ST


Dosage and Toxicity

8 to 10 times the amount of Xi Jiao
20 – 40 gm


Functions

Cools the blood and stops bleeding (heat in the blood level)
Eliminates toxins and clears blotches on the skin (heat in the ying level)
Clams the shen and extinguishes Liver / LR / LV / LVwind (febrile disorders)
Used instead of Xi Jiao (rhinoceros horn)


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