1 TASTE
Sweet, bitter and neutral
2 MERIDIANS
Lung
3 FUNCTIONS
1. To moisten the lungs and stop cough; 2. To kill lice and parasites
4 INDICATIONS
1. Cough in common cold. Stemona root (Bai Bu [3]) is used with Schizonepeta (Jing Jie [4]), Platycodon root (Jie Geng [5]) and Aster root (Zi Wan [6]).2. Whooping cough. Stemona root (Baibu) is used with Glehnia root (Beishashen), Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuan Bei Mu [7]) and Swallowwort rhizome (Bai Qian [8]).3. Cough due to tuberculosis. Stemona root (Baibu) is used with Ophiopogon root (Maidong) and Fresh rehmannia root (Sheng Di Huang [9]).4. Lice of the head or body. The herb is made into a 20% tincture, or a 50% decoction used as an external wash.5. Pinworm. The 30-ml 100% decoction as enema before sleep, daily for five days.
5 DOSAGE
5-10 g
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