Properties: Warm-cool, aromatic, acrid slightly bitter
Meridans Entered:
Primary: Lung, Kidney, Bladder, Heart, Spleen, Large Intestine, Small Intestine
Traditional Actions/Indications:
- Disperses Lung Qi, clears retained pathogens
Recurring respiratory and/or urinary infections
Weakened immune system
- Transform Phlegm and relieve cough and wheezing
Nasopharygeal and/or bronchial phlegm
Cough or whooping cough
- Regulate Spleen Qi
Digestive weakness with flatulent colic
Dyspepsia, chronic gastritis, H. Pylori infection, diarrhoea in children
- Clear Damp-Heat from the Bladder and regulate Bladder Qi
Recurrent urinary infections
Enuresis
- Calm the Shen, alleviate fear
Nightmares, nervous fear in children, mental lethagy
- Regulate the Uterus
Amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea
Suggested Daily Dosage: 3-12g in decoction.
Notes: Also known as Bai Li Xiang. This is not a traditional Chinese herb but an addition from the western pharmacopoea. Information was not available on standard sources (American Dragon, TCMwiki, Bensky or Chen & Chen) so was taken from Ross, J. (2010), Combining Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine, A Clinical Materia Medica: 120 Herbs in Western Use.
Does not appear in any formulae listed on this site
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Reference Notes:
Individual herb information has sourced mainly from TCM Wiki and American Dragon for basic data and then updated manually with my own notes. Zhou, Xie and Yan (2011): Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Vol. 5, has been used for entries not available from those sources with additional material searched for and filled in where available. Western herbs not appearing in the Chinese literature have used Ross (2010): Combining Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine: A Clinical Materia Medica, White Rabbit Institute of Healing and therapeutika.ch. Choices of which source to use or combine have been my own.
These pages are intended to assist clinicians and are not intended for self-diagnosis or treatment for which a qualified professional should be consulted. Actions and indications are taken from traditional uses and do not necessarily reflect the evidence base which should be researched independently. Dosages are for guidance only and will vary dependening on the potency of the batch and the tolerance of the individual so should be evaluated by a professional based on individual needs.