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Nux Pinea, Pine nuts

Song Zi (TCM)
Chilghoza (Unani)

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Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640

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Pine nuts in the shell (Adam, 2017)


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Botanical name:
Pinus gerardiana

Parts used:
Seed

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, moist. Sweet

Classifications:
2E LENITIVE
3J. INCREASE SEMEN.    3K. EXPECTORANT.    3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE
4d. PECTORAL.    4j. NERVINE

Uses:
1. Benefits the Lungs, Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:
-Cough, Hoarseness, Asthma,

2. Tonifies the Qi, Benefits the Yin:
-weakness, fatigue, chronic deficiency
    
3. Moistens the Intestines:
-Constipation

4. Clears Wind and Damp, Promotes Urine:
-Strangury, sharpness of Urine
    
5. Resists Poison:
-Poison of Henbane (taken with Wine)


Main Combinations:
1. Cough and Wheezing:
i. Pine nuts with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Pine nuts with  ... available in PRO version
iii. Pine nuts with  ... available in PRO version
iv. Cold-Phlegm Cough, Pine nuts with  ... available in PRO version
2, Asthma:
i. Pine nuts with  ... available in PRO version
3. To strengthen the Kidneys, increase Semen and promote Venery, Pine nuts with  ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Tragacanth Warming Powder (Pulvis Diatragacanth Calidii) (Nicholas)
Powder of Optimal Nutrition (Nicholas)
Troches for Cough (Andromachus)
Troches of Winter Cherry (Unani)
Troches of Winter Cherry (Trochisci Alkekengi) (Mesue)
Electuary of Pine Nuts (Looch de Pino) (Mesue)
Electuary of Fruit Kernels (Rhazes)
Electuary of Ginger (Dia Zingiber) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Calamus (Diacorum) (Mesue)
Electuary for the Lungs (Lemery)
Lohoch of Poppy (Lohoc de Papavere)
Sugar Penid (Diapenidon Frigidum) (Nichoals)
Sugar Penid with Spices (Diapenidon Compositum) (Nicholas)
Antidotum Asthmaticus (Nicholas)
Pills for Cold and Moist Cough of Paulus


Cautions:
None noted.

Main Preparations used:
Confected Nuts, Expressed Oil

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