INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: GAN QI -  乾漆 - RESINA TOXICODENDRI

Pharmaceutical Latin: Resina Toxicodendri
Lacca Sinica Exsiccata
Common English: Lacquer

CATEGORY

Herbs that Regulate the Blood: Herbs that Invigorate the Blood

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Acrid
Bitter
Warm
Slightly Toxic
Lung
Stomach
(Liver)
0.06-0.1g
(Use only in pill or powder form)

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Breaks up Blood Stasis, opens the channels and purges hardness

Abdominal masses and amenorrhea from Blood Stasis

Kills parasites

Parasitic infestation accompanied by abdominal pain

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for deficient people.
  • Contraindicated for those who generate large sores.
  • Contraindicated for those with Stomach Deficiency.
  • Contraindicated for women with amenorrhea due to Blood Deficiency.
  • Do not use without Blood Stasis.
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Rx. et Rz. Rhei
Da Huang
Eupolyphaga/Steleophaga
Tu Bie Chong

Rx. et Rz. Rhei
Da Huang
Hirudo
Shui Zhi
Sm. Persicae
Tao Ren

Amenorrhea with emaciation, abdominal fullness and tidal fever.

Amenorrhea due to Blood Stasis.

 

NOTES

  1. This herb also kills parasites.
  2. One source says that it treats severe injuries, reconnects sinews and bones, kills the three parasites and expels roundworms. It is rarely used for killing parasites.
  3. Calcined Lacquer Duan Gan Qi is less toxic.