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Pin Yin:
jing jie
Botanical family: Labiatae
Botanical name: Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briq.
Primary action: Release Wind Cold
Secondary actions:
Release Wind Heat;
Stop Bleeding
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid, aromatic
Entering Channel: Lu, Lv
Actions:
Releases Exterior and expels Wind Heat or Wind Cold, depending upon
herbs with which it is combined.
Encourages rashes (i.e., measles) and boils to erupt, especially when
Exterior Wind and low heat effusion (fever) are present.
Regulates Blood and stops bleeding (hematemesis, epistaxis, uterine
bleeding, hemafecia) especially when used in the charred form.
(See
Defense Aspect Wind Heat
;
TaiYang-stage Exterior
Chill
;
Fire Poison (Heat Toxin)
;
Blood Heat
;
Spleen unable to
govern Blood
.)
Indications: common
cold, initial onset; rashes; bleeding
Dosage:
1-3 qian.
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