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Nov 19, 2006 13:15
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Help with sentence

Chinese to English Medical Nutrition TCM
祖国医学也认为,柚子味甘酸、性寒,具有理气化痰、润肺清肠、补血健脾等功效,能治食少、口淡、消化不良等症,能帮助消化、除痰止渴、理气散结。
I already asked one expression from this sentence but the longer I think about the whole sentence the more difficult is it to me. Is there anybody who could help me with the whole sentence? It is actually a description of pomelos but there are some terms from TCM I don't know...
TIA!

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According to the traditional Chinese medicine, the grapefruit tastes sweet and sour, and is cold in

According to the traditional Chinese medicine, the grapefruit tastes sweet and sour, and is cold in property. It functions as regulating Qi and resolving phlegm; moistening the lung and clearing the intestine; tonifying the blood and strengthening the spleen. It could help digestion; quenching thirst and clearing phlegm; regulating the flow ofQi, resolving mass and removing the obstruction of channels.

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能治食少、口淡、消化不良等症

It could help digestion; quenching thirst and clearing phlegm; regulating the flow ofQi, resolving mass and removing the obstruction of channels***in the treatment of poor appetite, tastelessness, dyspepsia and etc.
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