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Pin Yin: chai hu
Common name: hare's ear root
Botanical family: Umbelliferae
Botanical name: 1, Bupleurum chinense D.C.; 2, Bupleurum scorzoneraefolium Wild.
Primary action: Release Wind Heat
Secondary actions:
Course or Soothe Liver
(Rectify Qi)
Temperature: slightly cool
Taste: bitter, slightly acrid
Entering Channel: Lv, GB, PC, TH
Actions:
Resolves Heat in ShaoYang-stage .
Soothes Liver Qi.
Raises the Yang Qi; used for sinking of Qi (prolapse of abdominal organs).
(See
ShaoYang-stage
;
Liver Qi Depression
;
Spleen Qi Sinking
.)
Indications: alternating fever and chills, chest
oppression, ribside pain, irregular menses, organ prolapse, diarrhea
Dosage:
1-4 qian.
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