|
Pin Yin:
bai tou weng
Common name: Chinese anemone root
Botanical family: Ranunculaceae
Botanical name: Pulsatilla chinensis (Bge.) Reg.
Primary action: Clear Heat Toxins
Secondary actions:
Cool Blood
Temperature: cold
Taste: bitter
Entering Channel: LI, Lv, St
Actions:
Clears Heat, detoxifies Fire Poison; used in Damp Heat of Stomach and
Large Intestine dysentery.
Cools Blood Heat, especially with epistaxis or hemafecia.
(See
Heat Toxin
;
Large Intestine Damp Heat
;
Blood Heat
.)
Indications: dysentery, diarrhea, pus and blood
in stool, vaginal discharge
Dosage:
2-5 qian.
[DATABASE SEARCH PAGE]
| 
