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title: "Xing Ren"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/626/xing-ren"
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 ![xing ren, armeniacae semen.jpg](/u/xing-ren-armeniacae-semen-DzfAUC.jpg) 

# Xing Ren

### Armeniacae Semen

_bitter, slightly warm, slightly toxic_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Relieve Cough and Wheeze**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Cough

Xing Ren is bitter, slightly toxic, and slightly warm. It enters the
lung and large intestine systems. To treat cough.
As a seed, Xing Ren is also useful to lubricate the intestines for
treating constipation.

**Channels:** lung, large intestine

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Constipation
- Asthma
- Dyspnea
- Antitumor
- Bronchitis
- Blood deficiency
- Antiparasitic

**Formulas:**
- Bu Fei E Jiao Tang
- Da Huang Zhe Chong Wan
- Da Qing Long Tang
- Ding Chuan Tang
- Huo Po Xia Ling Tang
- Ma Huang Liang Qiao Chi Xiao Dou Tang
- Ma Huang Tang
- Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang
- Ma Zi Ren Wan
- Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan
- Qing Zao Jiu Fei Tang
- Ren Shen Ge Jie San
- San Ren Tang
- Sang Ju Yin
- Sang Xing Tang
- Si Wu Ma Zi Ren Wan
- Wu Hu Tang
- Wu Ren Wan
- Xing Su San
- Yi Jia Jian Zheng Qi San

**Contraindications:** do not prescribe Xing Ren to patients
with patterns due to deficiency of yin

**Zoo Image:** a puffin is at the Apricot Pit restaurant and looks at the menu of
hot, cold, and dry foods, the puffin slipped on the slippery and moist floor

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