---
title: "Xiang Ru"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/623/xiang-ru"
---

 ![xiang ru, moslae herba.jpg](/u/xiang-ru-moslae-herba-BfhBI9.jpg) 

# Xiang Ru

### Moslae Herba

_acrid, aromatic, slightly warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Release the Exterior for Cold Attack**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Chills
- Fever
- Headache
- Abdominal pain
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Edema
- Urinary difficulty

Xiang Ru is acrid, aromatic, and slightly warm. It enters the lung
and stomach systems to treat cold attacks when there is no
sweating.

**Channels:** lung, stomach

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Diarrhea
- Edema
- Fever
- Headache
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Antimicrobial

**Formulas:**
- Xiang Ru San

**Contraindications:** do not prescribe Xiang Ru to patients
that present with excess sweating

**Zoo Image:** a porcupine under a sweating sun is hot and has urine and water
coming out of his swollen face, there is water coming out of his body and a
musical note by his abdomen

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