INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: BAI QU CAI - 白屈菜 - HERBA CHELIDONII

Pharmaceutical Latin: Herba Chelidonii
Common English: Celandine
Greater Celandine

CATEGORY

Japanese Folk Medicine

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Acrid
Bitter
Warm
Slightly Warm
(Cold)
Toxic
Lung
Heart
Kidney
3-6g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Controls pain

Gastric carcinoma, epidermal cyst

Stops cough

Cough

Promotes diuresis

Blepharitis, edema, ascites, jaundice, chlorosis, nebula, hepatosplenomegaly, verruca

Reduces toxicity

Snake or insect bites, pyogenic and ulcerous ulcerations, dermatosis

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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NOTES

  1. This herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
  2. This herb has been shown to kill cancer cells.
  3. It is said that this herb stops the pain of Stomach ulcer and treats tinea and scabies.
  4. The juice removes swelling when applied topically.
  5. For flat warts, apply the juice of this herb topically for five to fifteen minutes three times a day