INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Herba Schizonepetae |
| Common English: | Schizonepeta Stem or Bud Japanese Catnip |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Acrid Aromatic |
Slightly Warm (Warm) (Neutral) |
Lung Liver |
3-10g Maximum dosage: 30g Tincture: 2-4ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Releases the Exterior and expels Wind |
Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat Carbuncles or boils (Chuang Yung) when they first erupt - especially with chills and fever |
Vents rashes and relieves itching |
Initial-stage measles and pruritic skin eruptions |
Stops bleeding |
Hemorrhage (auxiliary) |
| Dispels Wind and relieves muscle spasms | Postpartum spasms, trismus, muscle cramps and spasms due to Wind |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Hb. Menthae |
Hb. Menthae |
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Releases the Exterior to induce sweating. Disperses Wind in the head. Vents rashes and alleviates itching. |
External Wind-Cold with chills, fever and anhidrosis. |
External Wind-Heat with fever, headache and a sore throat. |
Hb. Menthae |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
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External Wind-Heat. |
Postpartum External Wind. |
External Damp disorders. |
Fr. Arctii |
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Acute cough associated with External disorders. |
Eye inflammation associated with Wind-Heat. |
Initial-stage measles and skin eruptions - brings rash to the surface and alleviates itching. |
Hb. Equiseti |
Colla Corii Asini |
Rx. Saposhnikoviae
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Pruritic rash. |
Hypermenorrhea or abnormal uterine bleeding or postpartum bleeding. |
Pruritic itching. Exterior Excess. Initial-stage boils. |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
Sm. Phaseoli |
Itching and tremors of the hands and feet from Wind due to Blood Deficiency. Intestinal Wind with bleeding from the rectum. |
Itching from Wind due to Blood Deficiency. (stronger effect) |
Clears heat, promotes the flow of Blood, reduces rashes and alleviates itching for itchy Wind-Rash and swollen, toxic sores. |
Flos Sophorae Immaturus |
Flos Sophorae Immaturus |
Flos Sophorae Immaturus |
Hemafecia. |
Rectal bleeding from Intestinal Wind or hemorrhoids. |
Rectal bleeding from Intestinal Wind or hemorrhoids. (stronger effect) |
Fr. Forsythiae |
Rx. Saposhnikoviae |
Rx. Rehmanniae (Fresh Juice) |
Early-stage carbuncles, furuncles, and abscesses with Heat. |
Early-stage carbuncles, furuncles, and abscesses. Exterior signs and symptoms. |
Epistaxis, hemoptysis and hematemesis. |
Hb. Cirsii |
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Hematuria. |
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- This herb can be used alone as a powder or in combination with other Wind dispelling herbs to treat muscle cramps and spasms due to Wind.
- The spike Jing Jie Sui, is used similarly with stronger actions.
- This herb is best used in the early stages of Wind Invasion.
- Virtually identical in use to Western Catnip - except for promoting eruption of rashes.
- Some sources say that it reduces swelling and detoxifies Blood.
- This herb vents Wind from the Blood.
- Some sources say that it stops epistaxis, hematuria, menorrhagia and other types of hemorrhage.
- Both Jing Jie and Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye release the exterior and promote diaphoresis. Jing Jie is stronger at dispelling Wind and can be used for Wind-Cold and Wind-Heat, while Zi Su Ye is best used to treat Wind-Cold with Middle Jiao issues like Qi Stagnation or pregnancy.
- Dry-fried Schizonepeta Chao Jing Jie is preferred for those who are already sweating.
- Charred Schizonepeta Jing Jie Tan regulates Blood and stops bleeding.