INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Cortex Lycii |
| Common English: | Wolfberry Root Cortex Lyceum Bark Barbary Wolfberry Root Bark Chinese Wolfberry Root Bark |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Sweet Bland (Astringent) |
Cold |
Lung Liver Kidney |
6-15g Tincture: 2-5ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Cools the Blood and drains Yin Deficiency Fire (steaming bones) - (drains Kidney Fire, eliminates lurking Heat, and clears Heat from the bones) |
Yin Deficiency with Empty Fire Rising (Kidney Fire) with night sweats, steaming bone disorder with sweating, tuberculosis, chronic low-grade fever, irritability and thirst Toothache from Floating Fire in the Kidney channel |
Clears and drains Heat in the Lung |
Lung Heat cough or wheezing (asthma) |
Clears Heat, cools the Blood and stops bleeding |
Various bleeding disorders characterized by Heat in the Blood, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
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Rx. Stellariae |
Rx. Stellariae |
Cx. Moutan |
Blood Deficiency, steaming bone disorder or other types of recurrent afternoon fever. |
Increases the effectiveness of the previous combination. |
Hematemesis, epistaxis, purpuric rashes, and menstrual disorders due to Blood Deficient steaming bone disorder. Suppurative swellings. |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Cx. Mori
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Alumen |
Wasting and thirsting disorder with copious urination. |
Lung Heat coughing or wheezing. |
External wash for genital itching. |
Alumen |
Rz. Imperatae |
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Increases the effectiveness of the previous combination. |
Blood Heat with Yin Deficiency. Infantile malnutrition with Heat sensations. |
Lung Heat bleeding with Yin Deficiency. |
Cx. Mori |
Rx. Scutellariae |
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Lung Heat with dyspnea or hemoptysis. |
Blood Deficiency, Steaming Bone Disorder or other recurrent afternoon fevers. |
Increases the effectiveness of the previous combination. |
Cx. Moutan |
Rz. Anemarrhenae |
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Steaming bone disorder with and without sweating. |
Steaming bone sensation with tidal fever and night sweats caused by Yin Deficiency and Heat. |
Fever, irritability and steaming bone sensation due to Heat in the muscles and bones. |
Rz. Phragmitis |
Anemarrhenae, Phellodendron and Rehmanniae Pill |
Rx. et Rz. Rhei |
Wasting and thirsting with constant thirst and water ingestion. |
Toothache. |
Constipation. |
Rz. Imperatae |
Fr. Lycii |
Rx. Ophiopogonis |
Hematemesis and epistaxis due to Heat in the Blood. |
As a powder for hematuria. |
Cough with Blood-streaked sputum. |
- This herb is similar to North American wild cherry bark.
- It eliminates Heat from both Excess and Deficiency Heat in the Blood.
- This herb treats steaming bones with sweating, hemoptysis and epistaxis and clears Kidney Heat. It facilitates bowel movements and urination and treats bleeding due to Heat in the stool and urine. It stops cough due to Heat in the Lungs.
- It is said to treat Cold in the Lungs with Heat in the Heart.
- It is also reperted to treat high blood pressure.
- Both Di Gu Pi and Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao clear Heat, cool the Blood and treat steaming bone disorder. Di Gu Pi is sweet, bland and slightly cold and acts on the Lungs. Liver and Kidneys to treat and Kidneys to treat Yin Deficiency Heat with steaming bone disorder with sweating and wasting and thirsting disease. Qing Hao is bitter, cold, clears Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder and from the Yin and Blood levels. It vents latent lurking Heat and resolves Summerheat and malarial disorders. It treats steaming bone disorder with no sweat.
- Both Di Gu Pi and Cx. Mori Sang Bai Pi clear Heat, but from different parts of the body. Di Gu Pi sedates Lung Fire and clears Heat in the Blood. Sang Bai Pi clears Lung Heat and sedates Fire from the Qi level. Their differences make them useful together to eliminate Heat from both the Qi and Blood levels.