The source is from rhizome of Fagopyrum cymosum (Trev.) Meisn., family Polygonaceae. The medicinal material is produced in the provinces of Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang, etc., dug and collected in autumn, dried in the sun, cut into segments or small pieces for being used.
Medicinal Properties Bitter in flavor, neutral in nature and attributive to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians.
Actions Clear away heat and eliminate toxin, clear the lung to resolve phlegm.
Application
1. It is indicated for cough due to lung-heat, pulmonary abscess with vomiting of pus and blood. It can clear away lung-heat and eliminate toxin and is as a common medicinal herb like Yuxingcao ( Herba Houttuyniae) to treat cough due to lung-heat and pulmonary abscess. The both medicinal herbs can be combined with each other or with others that clear away lung-heat and resolve phlegm.
2. It is used for carbuncle of heat type, erisipelas, snake-bite poisoning. It can be used internally or externally. It is effective for the fresh leaves to be ground singly into pieces for external application, or they can be used together with others that clear away heat and eliminate toxin.
Usage and Dosage 15 -25 g is used in decoction for oral use. For pulmonary abscess, it should be stewed with water in a separated container.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Hongteng Caulis Sargentodoxae
The source is from the stem of a deciduous woody vine, Sargentodoxa cuneata Rehd. et Wits., family Lardizabalaceae. The medicinal material is mainly produced in provinces of Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangsu, etc. and collected in autumn and summer, cut into segments when fresh and dried in the sun for use.
Medicinal Properties Bitter in flavor, slightly cold in nature and attributive to the large intestine and liver meridians.
Actions: Clear away heat and eliminate toxin, circulate the blood to remove blood stasis.
Application
1. It is indicated for periappendicular abscess with abdominal pain and an essential medicine to treat periappendicular abscess. It can be used together with Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei ), Mudanpi (Cortex Moutan Radicis), Jinyinhua (Ftos Lonicerae) and others that can clear away heat, eliminate toxin and cool the blood so as to strengthen the action of eliminating toxic materials and dissipating abscess.
2. For trauma and irregular menstruation due to blood stasis, it can be used alone or together with Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), and Chishaoyao ( Radix Paeoniae Rubra ) , etc..
Usage and Dosage 15 - 30 g is used in decoction for oral use, just right amount is used externally.
Notes: Contraindicated in pregnant women.
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Medicinal Properties Bitter in flavor, slightly cold in nature and attributive to the large intestine and liver meridians.
Actions: Clear away heat and eliminate toxin, circulate the blood to remove blood stasis.
Application
1. It is indicated for periappendicular abscess with abdominal pain and an essential medicine to treat periappendicular abscess. It can be used together with Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei ), Mudanpi (Cortex Moutan Radicis), Jinyinhua (Ftos Lonicerae) and others that can clear away heat, eliminate toxin and cool the blood so as to strengthen the action of eliminating toxic materials and dissipating abscess.
2. For trauma and irregular menstruation due to blood stasis, it can be used alone or together with Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), and Chishaoyao ( Radix Paeoniae Rubra ) , etc..
Usage and Dosage 15 - 30 g is used in decoction for oral use, just right amount is used externally.
Notes: Contraindicated in pregnant women.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Baijiangcao Herba Patriniae
The source is from the root and stem of Patrinia Scabiosaefolia Fisch, family Valerianaceae. The medicinal material is mainly produced in the provinces of middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, collected in autumn, washed, dried in shade and cut into segments and the crude one is used.
Medicinal Properties Pungent and bitter in flavor, slightly cold in nature and attributive to the large intestine and liver meridians.
Actions Clear away heat and eliminate toxin, relieve abscess and promote pus drainage, remove blood stasis and alleviate pain.
Application
1. It is indicated for carbuncle due to heat, for both carbuncle over the body surface and abscess of internal organs, especially effective for periappendicular abscess. For periappendicular abscess with pus, it is usually combined with Yiyiren ( Semen Coicis) and Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Praeparata), such as Yiyi Fuzi Baijiang San (Powder). For the early stage of that, it is usually combined with Jinyinhua ( Flos Lonicerae ), Pugongying ( Herba Taraxaci), and Mudanpi (Cortex Moutan Radicis ), etc. so as to clear away heat and eliminate toxic materials to dissipate abscess. For pulmonary abscess, used together with Yuxingcao ( Herba Houttuyniae ), Lugen ( Rhizoma Phragmitis ), and Jiegeng ( Radix Platycodi ), etc.. For carbuncle and skin infection, usually used together with Jinyinhua (Flos Lonicerae ) and Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae), etc. which can be used externally or orally.
2. For postpartum abdominal pain and dysmenorrheal due to blood stasis, it can be decocted alone for oral use or used together with Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis ) and Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), etc..
Usage and Dosage 6 -15 g is used in decoction for oral use. Just right amount is for external use.
Notes Contraindicated in a case with deficiency of the spleen and stomach manifested as poor appetite and diarrhea.
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Medicinal Properties Pungent and bitter in flavor, slightly cold in nature and attributive to the large intestine and liver meridians.
Actions Clear away heat and eliminate toxin, relieve abscess and promote pus drainage, remove blood stasis and alleviate pain.
Application
1. It is indicated for carbuncle due to heat, for both carbuncle over the body surface and abscess of internal organs, especially effective for periappendicular abscess. For periappendicular abscess with pus, it is usually combined with Yiyiren ( Semen Coicis) and Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Praeparata), such as Yiyi Fuzi Baijiang San (Powder). For the early stage of that, it is usually combined with Jinyinhua ( Flos Lonicerae ), Pugongying ( Herba Taraxaci), and Mudanpi (Cortex Moutan Radicis ), etc. so as to clear away heat and eliminate toxic materials to dissipate abscess. For pulmonary abscess, used together with Yuxingcao ( Herba Houttuyniae ), Lugen ( Rhizoma Phragmitis ), and Jiegeng ( Radix Platycodi ), etc.. For carbuncle and skin infection, usually used together with Jinyinhua (Flos Lonicerae ) and Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae), etc. which can be used externally or orally.
2. For postpartum abdominal pain and dysmenorrheal due to blood stasis, it can be decocted alone for oral use or used together with Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis ) and Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), etc..
Usage and Dosage 6 -15 g is used in decoction for oral use. Just right amount is for external use.
Notes Contraindicated in a case with deficiency of the spleen and stomach manifested as poor appetite and diarrhea.
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Shengdihuang Radix Rehmanniae - Chinese medicinal herbs for eliminating heat and dampness
The source is from the root of Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch, family Scrophulariaceae. The medicinal material is mainly produced in the provinces of Henan, Hebei, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Northeast China, collected in autumn, fresh or dry crude one cut in-to pieces can be used. Medicinal Properties Sweet and bitter in flavor, cold in nature and attributive to the heart, liver and kidney meridians.
Actions: Clear away heat and cool the blood, nourish yin and promote the production of the body fluids.
Application
1. It is indicated for seasonal febrile disease involving yingfen and xuefen. It is effective in clearing away heat in xuefen and can nourish yin and promote the production of the body fluids as well. It is usually combined with Xuanshen ( Radix Scrophulariae ), Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ) and others that can clear away heat, promote the production of the body fluids and cool the blood, such as Qingying Tang (Decoction) for season-al febrile diseases involving yingfen and xuefen, which are manifested as fever being more severe at night, restlessness, macules and crimson tongue.
2. For bleeding due to blood-heat manifested as he-matemesis, epistaxis, hemafecia, and hematuria, etc., it is usually used together with Cebaiye (Cacumen Biotae ), Shenheye ( Folium Nelumbinis , unprepared ), Sheng'aiye ( Folium Artemisiae Argyi ), etc., such as Sisheng Wan (Pill); for macules due to blood-heat, it is used together with Mudanpi ( Cortex Moutan Radicis), Chishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra ).
3. It is used for syndrome of consumption of the body fluids due to yin-deficiency. For febrile disease consuming yin manifested as red tongue and oral dryness, it is combined with Shashen ( Radix Adenophorae ), Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ), and Yuzhu (Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati), etc. ; for diabetes due to internal heat, used together with Huangqi ( Radix Astragali ), Gegen (Radix Puerariae), and Tianhuafen (Radix Trichosanthis), etc.; for febrile diseases with consumption of the body fluids manifested as constipation due to dryness of intestine, it is usually used together with Xuanshen ( Radix Scrophulariae ) and Maimendong ( Radix Ophiopogonis), such as Zengye Tang (Decoction).
Usage and Dosage 9 -15 g is used in decoction for oral use, the fresh amount being doubled or the fresh being pounded into juice that is put in decoction. The fresh is very cold and with plenty of juice, it can clear away heat and promote the production of the body fluids, and has effect of cooling blood and arresting bleeding, so the fresh is suitable for seasonal febrile diseases and bleeding due to blood-heat; the cold nature of the dry is slightly weak while its action of nourishing yin is better, so the dry is especially suitable for yin deficiency with interior heat.
Notes Contraindicated for spleen deficiency with dampness and epigastric fullness with diarrhea since the medicinal herb is cold, cool and moist in nature.
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Actions: Clear away heat and cool the blood, nourish yin and promote the production of the body fluids.
Application
1. It is indicated for seasonal febrile disease involving yingfen and xuefen. It is effective in clearing away heat in xuefen and can nourish yin and promote the production of the body fluids as well. It is usually combined with Xuanshen ( Radix Scrophulariae ), Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ) and others that can clear away heat, promote the production of the body fluids and cool the blood, such as Qingying Tang (Decoction) for season-al febrile diseases involving yingfen and xuefen, which are manifested as fever being more severe at night, restlessness, macules and crimson tongue.
2. For bleeding due to blood-heat manifested as he-matemesis, epistaxis, hemafecia, and hematuria, etc., it is usually used together with Cebaiye (Cacumen Biotae ), Shenheye ( Folium Nelumbinis , unprepared ), Sheng'aiye ( Folium Artemisiae Argyi ), etc., such as Sisheng Wan (Pill); for macules due to blood-heat, it is used together with Mudanpi ( Cortex Moutan Radicis), Chishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra ).
3. It is used for syndrome of consumption of the body fluids due to yin-deficiency. For febrile disease consuming yin manifested as red tongue and oral dryness, it is combined with Shashen ( Radix Adenophorae ), Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ), and Yuzhu (Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati), etc. ; for diabetes due to internal heat, used together with Huangqi ( Radix Astragali ), Gegen (Radix Puerariae), and Tianhuafen (Radix Trichosanthis), etc.; for febrile diseases with consumption of the body fluids manifested as constipation due to dryness of intestine, it is usually used together with Xuanshen ( Radix Scrophulariae ) and Maimendong ( Radix Ophiopogonis), such as Zengye Tang (Decoction).
Usage and Dosage 9 -15 g is used in decoction for oral use, the fresh amount being doubled or the fresh being pounded into juice that is put in decoction. The fresh is very cold and with plenty of juice, it can clear away heat and promote the production of the body fluids, and has effect of cooling blood and arresting bleeding, so the fresh is suitable for seasonal febrile diseases and bleeding due to blood-heat; the cold nature of the dry is slightly weak while its action of nourishing yin is better, so the dry is especially suitable for yin deficiency with interior heat.
Notes Contraindicated for spleen deficiency with dampness and epigastric fullness with diarrhea since the medicinal herb is cold, cool and moist in nature.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Xuanshen Radix Scrophulariae - Chinese medicinal herbs for eliminating heat and dampness
Xuanshen Radix Scrophulariae - Chinese medicinal herbs for eliminating heat and dampness
The source is from the root of Scrophalaria ningpoensis Hemsl, family Scrophulariaceae. The medicinal material is mainly produced in the reaches of Yangtze River and provinces of Shaanxi, Fujian, and so on. Besides, many plants are cultivated in Zhejiang province, and their roots are dug and collected in early stage of winter, piled up in the sun until the interior of the roots becomes black, and then are dried in the sun, cut into pieces and the crude form can be used.
Medicinal Properties Bitter, sweet and salty in flavor, cold in nature and attributive to the lung, stomach and kidney meridians.
Actions: Clear away heat and cool the blood, nourish yin and promote the production of the body fluids, relieve toxin and benefit the throat.
Application
1. For seasonal febrile diseases involving yingfen and xuefen, consuming yin and causing blood-heat, which are manifested as fever, maculae, oral dryness, and red and crimson tongue, etc., it is usually combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae), Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae), and Jinyinhua ( Flos Lonicerae ), etc., such as Qingying Tang (Decoction); for febrile diseases causing pyrosyndrome involving both qifen and xuefen, macules and skin rash, it can also be combined with Shigao ( Gypsum Fibrosum), Zhimu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae), Daqingye (Folium Isatidis), etc., so as to strengthen the action of clearing away heat and purging fire, relieving toxin, or letting out the skin eruptions and resolving macules.
2. It is used for carbuncle of heat type, scrofula and subcutaneous nodule. For carbuncle and pyocutaneous disease, it is usually combined with Jinyinhua (Flos Lonicerae ) , Lianqiao Fructus Forsythiae ) and others that can clear away heat and relieve toxin; for scrofula and subcutaneous nodule, combined with Muli (Concha Ostreae ) , Beimu ( Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii ), etc. which can together clear away heat, relieve toxin and disperse the stagnated mass.
3. It is used for yin-deficiency leading to hyperactivity of fire. For deficiency of lung and kidney yin manifested as cough, dryness of throat, hectic fever, night sweet and hemoptysis, it is combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ), Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ), Beimu (Butbus Fritillariae Thunbergii) and others that can nourish yin and resolve phlegm; for bone steaming and consumptive fever, combined with Dignpi (Cortex Lycii Radicis ), Mudanpi ( Cortex Moutan Radicis ), etc; for diabetes of heat type, used together with Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ) and Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae ).
4. It is used for swollen and sore throat. Being a common medicinal herb to treat swollen and sore throat, it can always be combined with according to syndrome, whether sore throat is caused by exogenous wind and heat, or by sthenic-heat of lung meridian or by hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency; for that caused by exogenous wind and heat, usually combined with Niubangzi (Fructus Arctii ) and Bohe ( Herba Menthae) ; for that caused by hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency, usually combined with Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ), Jiegeng (Radix Platycodi) and Gancao ( Radix Glycyrrhizae), such as Xuan Mai Gan Jie Tang (Decoction).
Usage and Dosage 10 -15 g is used in decoction for oral use.
Notes Being cold and stagnated in nature, it is contraindicated in the case with deficiency and cold of the spleen and stomach marked by loss of appetite and loose stool. It is incompatible with Lilu (Rhizoma et Radix Veratri ) .
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The source is from the root of Scrophalaria ningpoensis Hemsl, family Scrophulariaceae. The medicinal material is mainly produced in the reaches of Yangtze River and provinces of Shaanxi, Fujian, and so on. Besides, many plants are cultivated in Zhejiang province, and their roots are dug and collected in early stage of winter, piled up in the sun until the interior of the roots becomes black, and then are dried in the sun, cut into pieces and the crude form can be used.
Medicinal Properties Bitter, sweet and salty in flavor, cold in nature and attributive to the lung, stomach and kidney meridians.
Actions: Clear away heat and cool the blood, nourish yin and promote the production of the body fluids, relieve toxin and benefit the throat.
Application
1. For seasonal febrile diseases involving yingfen and xuefen, consuming yin and causing blood-heat, which are manifested as fever, maculae, oral dryness, and red and crimson tongue, etc., it is usually combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae), Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae), and Jinyinhua ( Flos Lonicerae ), etc., such as Qingying Tang (Decoction); for febrile diseases causing pyrosyndrome involving both qifen and xuefen, macules and skin rash, it can also be combined with Shigao ( Gypsum Fibrosum), Zhimu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae), Daqingye (Folium Isatidis), etc., so as to strengthen the action of clearing away heat and purging fire, relieving toxin, or letting out the skin eruptions and resolving macules.
2. It is used for carbuncle of heat type, scrofula and subcutaneous nodule. For carbuncle and pyocutaneous disease, it is usually combined with Jinyinhua (Flos Lonicerae ) , Lianqiao Fructus Forsythiae ) and others that can clear away heat and relieve toxin; for scrofula and subcutaneous nodule, combined with Muli (Concha Ostreae ) , Beimu ( Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii ), etc. which can together clear away heat, relieve toxin and disperse the stagnated mass.
3. It is used for yin-deficiency leading to hyperactivity of fire. For deficiency of lung and kidney yin manifested as cough, dryness of throat, hectic fever, night sweet and hemoptysis, it is combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ), Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ), Beimu (Butbus Fritillariae Thunbergii) and others that can nourish yin and resolve phlegm; for bone steaming and consumptive fever, combined with Dignpi (Cortex Lycii Radicis ), Mudanpi ( Cortex Moutan Radicis ), etc; for diabetes of heat type, used together with Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ) and Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae ).
4. It is used for swollen and sore throat. Being a common medicinal herb to treat swollen and sore throat, it can always be combined with according to syndrome, whether sore throat is caused by exogenous wind and heat, or by sthenic-heat of lung meridian or by hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency; for that caused by exogenous wind and heat, usually combined with Niubangzi (Fructus Arctii ) and Bohe ( Herba Menthae) ; for that caused by hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency, usually combined with Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ), Jiegeng (Radix Platycodi) and Gancao ( Radix Glycyrrhizae), such as Xuan Mai Gan Jie Tang (Decoction).
Usage and Dosage 10 -15 g is used in decoction for oral use.
Notes Being cold and stagnated in nature, it is contraindicated in the case with deficiency and cold of the spleen and stomach marked by loss of appetite and loose stool. It is incompatible with Lilu (Rhizoma et Radix Veratri ) .
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Xuanshen Radix Scrophulariae - Chinese medicinal herbs for eliminating heat and dampness
Xuanshen Radix Scrophulariae - Chinese medicinal herbs for eliminating heat and dampness
The source is from the root of Scrophalaria ningpoensis Hemsl, family Scrophulariaceae. The medicinal material is mainly produced in the reaches of Yangtze River and provinces of Shaanxi, Fujian, and so on. Besides, many plants are cultivated in Zhejiang province, and their roots are dug and collected in early stage of winter, piled up in the sun until the interior of the roots becomes black, and then are dried in the sun, cut into pieces and the crude form can be used.
Medicinal Properties Bitter, sweet and salty in flavor, cold in nature and attributive to the lung, stomach and kidney meridians.
Actions: Clear away heat and cool the blood, nourish yin and promote the production of the body fluids, relieve toxin and benefit the throat.
Application
1. For seasonal febrile diseases involving yingfen and xuefen, consuming yin and causing blood-heat, which are manifested as fever, maculae, oral dryness, and red and crimson tongue, etc., it is usually combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae), Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae), and Jinyinhua ( Flos Lonicerae ), etc., such as Qingying Tang (Decoction); for febrile diseases causing pyrosyndrome involving both qifen and xuefen, macules and skin rash, it can also be combined with Shigao ( Gypsum Fibrosum), Zhimu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae), Daqingye (Folium Isatidis), etc., so as to strengthen the action of clearing away heat and purging fire, relieving toxin, or letting out the skin eruptions and resolving macules.
2. It is used for carbuncle of heat type, scrofula and subcutaneous nodule. For carbuncle and pyocutaneous disease, it is usually combined with Jinyinhua (Flos Lonicerae ) , Lianqiao Fructus Forsythiae ) and others that can clear away heat and relieve toxin; for scrofula and subcutaneous nodule, combined with Muli (Concha Ostreae ) , Beimu ( Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii ), etc. which can together clear away heat, relieve toxin and disperse the stagnated mass.
3. It is used for yin-deficiency leading to hyperactivity of fire. For deficiency of lung and kidney yin manifested as cough, dryness of throat, hectic fever, night sweet and hemoptysis, it is combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ), Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ), Beimu (Butbus Fritillariae Thunbergii) and others that can nourish yin and resolve phlegm; for bone steaming and consumptive fever, combined with Dignpi (Cortex Lycii Radicis ), Mudanpi ( Cortex Moutan Radicis ), etc; for diabetes of heat type, used together with Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ) and Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae ).
4. It is used for swollen and sore throat. Being a common medicinal herb to treat swollen and sore throat, it can always be combined with according to syndrome, whether sore throat is caused by exogenous wind and heat, or by sthenic-heat of lung meridian or by hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency; for that caused by exogenous wind and heat, usually combined with Niubangzi (Fructus Arctii ) and Bohe ( Herba Menthae) ; for that caused by hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency, usually combined with Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ), Jiegeng (Radix Platycodi) and Gancao ( Radix Glycyrrhizae), such as Xuan Mai Gan Jie Tang (Decoction).
Usage and Dosage 10 -15 g is used in decoction for oral use.
Notes Being cold and stagnated in nature, it is contraindicated in the case with deficiency and cold of the spleen and stomach marked by loss of appetite and loose stool. It is incompatible with Lilu (Rhizoma et Radix Veratri ) .
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The source is from the root of Scrophalaria ningpoensis Hemsl, family Scrophulariaceae. The medicinal material is mainly produced in the reaches of Yangtze River and provinces of Shaanxi, Fujian, and so on. Besides, many plants are cultivated in Zhejiang province, and their roots are dug and collected in early stage of winter, piled up in the sun until the interior of the roots becomes black, and then are dried in the sun, cut into pieces and the crude form can be used.
Medicinal Properties Bitter, sweet and salty in flavor, cold in nature and attributive to the lung, stomach and kidney meridians.
Actions: Clear away heat and cool the blood, nourish yin and promote the production of the body fluids, relieve toxin and benefit the throat.
Application
1. For seasonal febrile diseases involving yingfen and xuefen, consuming yin and causing blood-heat, which are manifested as fever, maculae, oral dryness, and red and crimson tongue, etc., it is usually combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae), Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae), and Jinyinhua ( Flos Lonicerae ), etc., such as Qingying Tang (Decoction); for febrile diseases causing pyrosyndrome involving both qifen and xuefen, macules and skin rash, it can also be combined with Shigao ( Gypsum Fibrosum), Zhimu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae), Daqingye (Folium Isatidis), etc., so as to strengthen the action of clearing away heat and purging fire, relieving toxin, or letting out the skin eruptions and resolving macules.
2. It is used for carbuncle of heat type, scrofula and subcutaneous nodule. For carbuncle and pyocutaneous disease, it is usually combined with Jinyinhua (Flos Lonicerae ) , Lianqiao Fructus Forsythiae ) and others that can clear away heat and relieve toxin; for scrofula and subcutaneous nodule, combined with Muli (Concha Ostreae ) , Beimu ( Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii ), etc. which can together clear away heat, relieve toxin and disperse the stagnated mass.
3. It is used for yin-deficiency leading to hyperactivity of fire. For deficiency of lung and kidney yin manifested as cough, dryness of throat, hectic fever, night sweet and hemoptysis, it is combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ), Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ), Beimu (Butbus Fritillariae Thunbergii) and others that can nourish yin and resolve phlegm; for bone steaming and consumptive fever, combined with Dignpi (Cortex Lycii Radicis ), Mudanpi ( Cortex Moutan Radicis ), etc; for diabetes of heat type, used together with Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ) and Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae ).
4. It is used for swollen and sore throat. Being a common medicinal herb to treat swollen and sore throat, it can always be combined with according to syndrome, whether sore throat is caused by exogenous wind and heat, or by sthenic-heat of lung meridian or by hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency; for that caused by exogenous wind and heat, usually combined with Niubangzi (Fructus Arctii ) and Bohe ( Herba Menthae) ; for that caused by hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency, usually combined with Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis ), Jiegeng (Radix Platycodi) and Gancao ( Radix Glycyrrhizae), such as Xuan Mai Gan Jie Tang (Decoction).
Usage and Dosage 10 -15 g is used in decoction for oral use.
Notes Being cold and stagnated in nature, it is contraindicated in the case with deficiency and cold of the spleen and stomach marked by loss of appetite and loose stool. It is incompatible with Lilu (Rhizoma et Radix Veratri ) .
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
Mudanpi Cortex Moutan Radicis - Chinese medicinal herbs for eliminating heat and dampness
Mudanpi Cortex Moutan Radicis - Chinese medicinal herbs for eliminating heat and dampness
The source is from cortex of Paeonia suffruticoas Andr, family Ramunculaceae. The medicinal material is mainly produced in the provinces of Anhui, Shandong, etc., collected in autumn and dried in the sun. The crude or stir-baked one can be used.
Medicinal Properties Bitter and pungent in flavor and slightly cold in nature, and attributive to the heart, liver and kidney meridians.
Actions Clear away heat, cool and circulate the blood to remove blood stasis.
Application
1. It is used for blood heat syndrome manifested as maculae and papules, haematemesis and epistaxis and has the actions of cooling blood and arresting bleeding and can clear away heat from yingfen and xuefen as well. For haematemesis, epistaxis and maculae and papules due to hemopyretic bleeding, it is usually combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ) , Chishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra) and others that can cool blood and arrest bleeding.
2. It is used for febrile diseases injuring yin and fever due to yin deficiency. It can clear away latent pyrexia from yinfen, so it is often used in treatment of the syndrome of residual heat and consumption of the body fluids of seasonal febrile disease at the late stage manifested as fever at night and cool in the early morning, fever and bone steaming, fever bringing down with anhidrosis, and usually combined with Biejia (Carapax Trionycis ), Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ), Zhimu ( Rhizoma Anemarrhenae ), etc., such as Qinghao Biejia Tang (Decoction) ; for seasonal febrile disease with heat involving yingfen and xuefen marked by fever being severe at night, macules, and crimson tongue, etc., it is usually combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ), Xuanshen (Radix Scrophulariae), and Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae ) , etc..
3. It is used for blood-stasis syndrome, and is especially suitable for stagnation of heat and stasis of blood. For amenorrhea due to stagnation of blood, dysmenorrhea, abdominal mass or traumatic injury, it is usually combined with Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Taoren (Semen Persicae ) , and Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei ), etc..
4. It is used for carbuncle, pyocutaneous disease and swelling; for overabundance of heat with carbuncle and sore toxin, it can be combined with Jinyinhua (Flos Lonicerae), and Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae ), and Pugongying (Herba Taraxaci), etc. ; for early stage of intestinal abscess, usually used together with Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei ) , Taoren ( Semen Persicae ) , and Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas), etc., such as Dahuang Mudanpi Tang (Decoction).
Usage and Dosage 6 -12 g is used in decoction for oral use, the crude one is used for clearing away heat and cooling blood, the carbonized for arresting bleeding, the stir-baked one with wine for dispersing blood stasis.
Notes It is not suitable for blood deficiency with cold, pregnant women and a woman with excessive menstruation.
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The source is from cortex of Paeonia suffruticoas Andr, family Ramunculaceae. The medicinal material is mainly produced in the provinces of Anhui, Shandong, etc., collected in autumn and dried in the sun. The crude or stir-baked one can be used.
Medicinal Properties Bitter and pungent in flavor and slightly cold in nature, and attributive to the heart, liver and kidney meridians.
Actions Clear away heat, cool and circulate the blood to remove blood stasis.
Application
1. It is used for blood heat syndrome manifested as maculae and papules, haematemesis and epistaxis and has the actions of cooling blood and arresting bleeding and can clear away heat from yingfen and xuefen as well. For haematemesis, epistaxis and maculae and papules due to hemopyretic bleeding, it is usually combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ) , Chishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra) and others that can cool blood and arrest bleeding.
2. It is used for febrile diseases injuring yin and fever due to yin deficiency. It can clear away latent pyrexia from yinfen, so it is often used in treatment of the syndrome of residual heat and consumption of the body fluids of seasonal febrile disease at the late stage manifested as fever at night and cool in the early morning, fever and bone steaming, fever bringing down with anhidrosis, and usually combined with Biejia (Carapax Trionycis ), Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ), Zhimu ( Rhizoma Anemarrhenae ), etc., such as Qinghao Biejia Tang (Decoction) ; for seasonal febrile disease with heat involving yingfen and xuefen marked by fever being severe at night, macules, and crimson tongue, etc., it is usually combined with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae ), Xuanshen (Radix Scrophulariae), and Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae ) , etc..
3. It is used for blood-stasis syndrome, and is especially suitable for stagnation of heat and stasis of blood. For amenorrhea due to stagnation of blood, dysmenorrhea, abdominal mass or traumatic injury, it is usually combined with Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Taoren (Semen Persicae ) , and Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei ), etc..
4. It is used for carbuncle, pyocutaneous disease and swelling; for overabundance of heat with carbuncle and sore toxin, it can be combined with Jinyinhua (Flos Lonicerae), and Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae ), and Pugongying (Herba Taraxaci), etc. ; for early stage of intestinal abscess, usually used together with Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei ) , Taoren ( Semen Persicae ) , and Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas), etc., such as Dahuang Mudanpi Tang (Decoction).
Usage and Dosage 6 -12 g is used in decoction for oral use, the crude one is used for clearing away heat and cooling blood, the carbonized for arresting bleeding, the stir-baked one with wine for dispersing blood stasis.
Notes It is not suitable for blood deficiency with cold, pregnant women and a woman with excessive menstruation.
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