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Chinese Pinyin: Cong Bai Latin: Alli Fistulosi Bulbus Taste: Warm and acrid Meridians it enters: Lung and stomach Dosage: 3-10 grams of only the roots Functions and indications: 1. Promotes sweating to relieve an exterior wind cold invasion (like ginger) 2. Warms the yang qi (both internal and external) a. Spleen yang deficiency: watery diarrhea, strong odor, stomach cramping, stool with undigested food b. Kidney yang deficiency: urinary retention as with prostate issues c. Moves the yang qi of the chest: chest pain, tightness and oppression

Copied from www.vitalvotes.com, author Dr. Mercola): The uses for honey — already proven to have a natural antimicrobial effect against many bacteria and fungi — may be growing by leaps and bounds, as one University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health professor and doctor learned first-hand in successfully treating a patient and borderline diabetic’s open wounds. The doctor prescribed honey, applied topically, after one very strong staph infection the patient had been fighting for eight months had continued to fester, despite the use of oral antibiotics. Within months, the wound healed completely, without drugs or antibiotics. Considering the incidence of amputations — a patient somewhere in the world undergoes one for a diabetic foot ulcer every 30 seconds — and the dollars associated with them — almost $11 BILLION based on 2001 numbers in the United States alone — the doctor and her school, with help from the … Continue Reading