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Pin Yin: ce bai ye
Common name: arborvitae tops
Botanical family: Cupressaceae
Botanical name: Biota orientalis (L.) Endl.
Primary action: Stop Bleeding
Secondary actions:
Cool Blood;
Stop Cough and Wheezing;
Transform Hot Phlegm
Temperature: cool
Taste: bitter, astringent
Entering Channel: Lu, Ht, Lv, LI
Actions:
Cools Blood and stops bleeding; can be used for either Blood Heat or Cold
patterns depending upon herbs combined with it.
Stops cough and expels Lung Phlegm Heat.
Promotes healing of burns when used topically.
(See
Blood Heat
;
Hot Phlegm Blocking Lungs
.)
Dosage:
2-5 qian in decoctions; use powder as an ointment base for burns.
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