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Pin Yin:
bai hua she
Botanical family: (animal: snake)
Botanical name: 1, Agkistrodon acutus (Gunther) (Fam.: Gotalidae); 2, Bungarus multicinctus Blyth. (Fam.: Elapidae)
Primary action: Dispel Wind Dampness
Secondary actions:
Extinguish Wind, Stop Spasm
Temperature: warm
Taste: sweet, salty, toxic
Entering Channel: Lv, Sp
Actions:
Strongly activates Channels and expels Wind; used for chronic Wind Dampness
with numb and weak limbs and cramping of sinews.
Expels Wind from skin; used for rashes, tinea.
Expels Wind from sinews due to both Interior and Exterior Wind: spasms,
tremor, seizures, or paralysis.
(See
Wind-Damp Bi
;
Exterior Wind
;
Interior Wind
.)
Indications: paralysis, hemiplegia, epilepsy, tetany, spasm,
itchy skin, nodes, scrofula, joint pain, headache
Dosage:
0.8-1.5 qian.
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