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108. Huomaren (Cannabis Seed)
Eating it raw tastes like melon seeds. After soaking in water, it tastes like mung beans in mung bean soup (the southern type of mung beans that burst when cooked), naturally sweet.
The soaked water also tastes like mung bean soup, naturally sweet.
Confirmed effects: nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, has certain detoxifying effects for turbid toxins (decoction), moistens intestines and relieves constipation (chewed or powdered form).
Reason: Moistening intestines and relieving constipation relies on fatty acids, which are not fully extracted in decoctions, so chewing directly produces better effects.
Chewing dosage: 1 gram per kilogram of body weight.
109. Yuliren (Prunus Seed)
Has a bitter apricot kernel flavor, and the soaked water is slightly pink.
Confirmed effects: moistens lungs to resolve phlegm, promotes qi circulation and relieves constipation. Purely for constipation, Yuliren is cost-ineffective, but it is suitable for edema combined with constipation (in liver or kidney disease).
121. Jiu Qi She (Snake)
Strongly recommend eating the snake meat first, as it is a precious nutrient, although its taste is much better than fresh snake meat.
Has spines, be careful not to get stuck.
The soaked water smells a bit fishy, but it tastes okay; there is a refreshing aftertaste after about 10 seconds.
Confirmed effects: unblocks the channels and collaterals, strengthens tendons and bones. The former comes from its medicinal properties, the latter from its physical nature. It can both unblock and tonify, making it a very useful medicine.
Treatment of skin diseases (including vitiligo), stroke hemiplegia, facial paralysis relies on unblocking the channels, often used with wind-dispelling medicines like Qianghuo; treatment of rheumatism relies on both unblocking the channels and strengthening tendons and bones.
Qi snake, Jin Qian Bai Hua snake, and Wu Shao snake have similar effects, but Qi snake is the most affordable, so it is most commonly used clinically.