Sea-horse is the dried body of Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan et Snyder, Hippocampus histrix Kaup, Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach or Hippocampus japonicus Kaup (Fam. Syngnathidae).

Action: To warm the kidney and promote virility, to reduce nodulation, and to induce subsidence of swelling.

Indications: Impotence; enuresis; dyspnea in deficiency syndrome of the kidney; mass in the abdomen; traumatic injuries; external use for carbuncles and boils.

Usage: For external use, appropriate quantity to be ground into powder and applied topically.

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