Phrynosoma cornuta (Gejie)

Distribution:
Guangxi, Guangdong, Shanxi, Yunna, Jiangsu provinces of China. Vietnam, Thailand and other parts of Indo-China, and Indonesia. Geckos  from Guilin of Guangxi are considered the best.
 
Properties (characteristics):
Salty, neutral
 
Channels (meridians) entered:
lung, kidney
 
Actions & Indications:
Wheezing, Asthma, Bronchiectasis, consumptive cough or cough with blood in sputum, Impotence, correct shenyangxu (kidney deficient).
 
Medical Function:
The extract of ge jie possesses the effect of inhibition toward the growth of  liver cancer cell of HepG02.
 
Chemical ingredients: 
carnosine 
choline 
carnitine 
guanine 
protein 
fat 
metyl thiophosphors?ureester 
methyl　parathion GSH S-methyl transferase 
glutathion 
etc,.....

Dosage:
3 to 7 g as powder; 9 to 15 g in decoction.
 
Cautions:
Not to use in case of wheezing and coughing from cold or flu infection due to acute infection.
See below on counterfeits.