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Pin Yin: xie bai
Common name: Chinese chive
Botanical family: Alliaceae
Botanical name: 1, Allium macrostemon Bge.; 2, A. chinensis G. Don
Primary action: Rectify Qi
Secondary actions:
Transform Cold Phlegm
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid, bitter
Entering Channel: Lu, St, LI
Actions:
Promotes flow of Yang and transforms Cold Phlegm; used for painful Cold Obstruction of the chest induced by Turbid Phlegm with symptoms of chest, flank, or upper back pain, painful breathing, coughing, and wheezing.
Moves Qi and Blood and relieves pain; used for Stagnant Qi associated with Cold epigastric and abdominal pain and distension; also chest pain associated with Stagnant Blood of Heart.
Guides the Qi downward and reduces Stagnation; used for Dampness Stagnation disharmonies of the Large Intestine, including dysentery-like disorders.
(See
Cold Phlegm Blocking Lungs;
Stomach Qi Stagnation;
Heart Blood Stasis;
Large Intestine Cold Dampness
.)
Dosage:
1.5-3 qian; 10-20 qian if used fresh.
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