Properties: Salty, cold
Meridans Entered:
Primary: Liver
Extraordinary Vessels: Yin Qiao
Traditional Actions/Indications:
- Drains Liver Fire, pacifies the Liver and anchors and sedates Liver Yang
Liver Fire and Liver Yang Rising patterns with headache, dizziness and red eyes Hypertension with Liver Yang Rising
- Improves the vision and causes Superficial Visual Obstruction to recede
Liver Heat causing visual problems with photophobia, pterygium or other Superficial Visual Obstruction, red eyes and blurred vision
- Calms Internal Wind
Liver Wind
- Clears Stomach Fire and stops pain and bleeding
Stomach Fire with acid reflux, heartburn, bleeding ulcers and Stomach pain (best calcined)
Suggested Daily Dosage: 15-30g in decoction.
Cautions: The high mineral content of this medication may prevent the oral absorption of the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics.
Animal products are prohibited from use in the UK under the Medicines Act 1968 ch. 67 which restricts herbalists to the use of plant products only. It is generally substituted with Xia Ku Cao or Cao Jue Ming.
Appears in 7 formulae listed on this site: (click to display)
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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, and A+ Medical Encyclopaedia have 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.
