Qian Shi (Name in Chinese 芡实）--- Gordon Euryale Seed -- A common ingredient of Chinese ten-grain rice

Source of picture: http://tcm.health-info.org/Herbology.Materia.Medica/qianshi-properties.htm

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Qian Shi (Name in Chinese 芡实（i.e. Gordon Euryale Seed) is a common ingredient for Chinese ten-grain rice (or called multigrain rice).

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Properties: Sweet, astringent in flavour, neutral in nature, it is tropistic to the spleen and kidney channels. Being sweet in flavour, it can reinforce the spleen and the kidney; and as an astringent remedy, it has effects of preserving body essence and arresting diarrhea.

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This herb is an important remedy for invigorating the spleen and kidney channels and functions in strengthening the spleen to relieve diarrhea, tonifying the kidney to arrest spermatorrhea and leucorrhagla. It serves to treat protracted diarrhea, spermatorrhea and leukorrhagia due to deficiency of both the spleen and the kidney.

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Info Source: http://www.tcmtreatment.com/herbs/0-qianshi.htm

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Where to buy: In western countries, you can try to buy in China Towns.