Bai Zhi [1]

Posted by : admin on Feb 22, 2008 - 06:13 PM
Chinese Medicine Herbs / Release the Exterior [2]

1 TASTE
Pungent and warm


2 MERIDIANS
Lung and stomach


3 FUNCTIONS
1. To expel wind and release the exterior; 2. To reduce swelling and discharge pus and dampness; 3. To stop pain


4 INDICATIONS
1. Wind-clod exterior syndrome manifested by headache, supraob-ital pain and nasal obstruction. Dahurian angelica root (Bai Zhi [3]) is used with Chinese green onion (Cong Bai [4]), Prepared soybean (Douchi) and Fresh ginger (Sheng Jiang [5]).2. Tick and sticky nasal discharge (as in thinitis, nasosinusitis) Dahurian angelica root (Baizhi) is used with Xanthium fruit (Cang Er Zi [6]) and Magnolia flower (Xinyi) in the formula Canger San.3.Boils, carbuncles, ulceration and skin diseases. Dahurian angelica root (Baizhi) is used with Trichosanthes fruit (Gua Lou [7]), Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuan Bei Mu [8]) and Dandelion herb (Pugonying).4. Damp-cold type of leukorrhea manifested as watery, whitish and profuse leukorrhea with no offensive smell. Dahurian angelica root (Baizhi) is used with White atractylodes (Bai Zhu [9]), Cuttlefish bone (Wu Zei Gu [10]) and poria (Fu Ling [11]).5.Damp-heat type of leukorrhea manifested by thick, yellow and profuse leukorrhea with no offensive smell. Dahurian angelica root (Baizhi) and Flavescent sophora root (Ku Shen [12]).


5 DOSAGE
3-10g


6 COUTIONS
This herb is contraindicated in yin deficiency.


Bai Zhi

Image of herb: Bai Zhi [13]

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