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Pin Yin: bai fu zi
Botanical family: Araceae
Botanical name: Typhonium giganteum Engl.
Primary action: Transform Cold Phlegm
Secondary actions:
Dispel Wind Dampness;
Extinguish Wind, Stop Spasm
Temperature: hot
Taste: acrid, sweet, toxic
Entering Channel: Sp, St
Actions:
Expels Wind-Cold Dampness and relieves pain, especially of the head and face.
Expels Wind Phlegm and relieves spasms; use in cases of ascending Wind Phlegm with Windstroke, facial paralysis, and hemiplegia.
(See
Wind-Damp Bi;
Interior Wind ;
Phlegm
.)
Indications: paralysis, tetany, headaches, phlegm nodes, scrofula
Dosage:
0.5-2 qian.
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