INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: JIU JIE CHANG PU - 九節菖莆 - RHIZOMA ANEMONE ALTAICAE

Pharmaceutical Latin: Rhizoma Anemone Altaicae
Common English: Altai Anemone Rhizome
Altaica Rhizome

CATEGORY

Aromatic Substances that Open the Orifices

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Acrid
Warm
Heart
Liver
Spleen
(Stomach)
1.5-6g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Transforms Phlegm, opens the orifices, calms the Shen, awakens the Spleen and resolves toxicity

Muddled consciousness or seizures due to fevers, insanity, melancholia

Sensation changes, tinnitus, deafness, a stifling sensation in the chest, abdominal distention and anorexia

Wind-Damp Bi

Sores and dermatoses, topically

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Use with caution for those with profuse sweating.
  • Use with caution for those with spermatorrhea.
  • Use with caution for those with Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Rx. Polygalae
Yuan Zhi
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum
Zhi Ban Xia
Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam
Zhu Ru

Massa Medicata Fermentata
Shen Qu
Sm. Raphani
Lai Fu Zi

 

Phlegm-Heat veiling the sensory orifices

Seizures

Dampness Obstructing the Middle Jiao

 

NOTES

  1. This herb is slightly toxic. Overdose can cause nausea, vomiting and a numb sensation. Contact with the fresh plant may irritate the skin.
  2. One source cautions against using Jiu Jie Chang Pu interchangeably with Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu,