INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: LANG DU - 狼毒 - RADIX ALOCASIAE SEU EUPHORBIAE

Pharmaceutical Latin: Radix Alocasiae seu Euphorbiae
Radix Euphorbiae Pallash
Radix Euphorbiae Ebracteolatae
Radix Stellariae
Common English: Alocasin
Chinese Wolfbane
Arrow Poison

CATEGORY

Anthelmintics

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Acrid
Neutral
(Hot)
Toxic
Lung
Heart
(Liver)
(Spleen)
0.9-2.4g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Removes Phlegm and disperses accumulation

Phlegm-Damp Retention

Food Stagnation

Abdominal masses, edema, abdominal distension, anal fistula

Cough with dyspnea, swelling of the chest and abdomen, scrofula, cutaneous tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis

Kills Intestinal parasites and alleviates pain

Scabies, roundworms and verminosis

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Use caution with long-term use.
  • Use with caution for those with gastroenteric ulcer.
  • Do not overdose.
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
  • Contraindicated for weak people.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Flos Inulae (30g)
Xuan Fu Hua
Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (60g)
Zhi Fu Zi

 

 

+ 60g of this herb Take 2 or 3 pills at a time for a solid abdo-minal mass

Bi-lateral flank pain

 

 

NOTES

  1. This herb may be pounded into a juice or powdered for topical application.
  2. This herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells and relieve cancer pain.
  3. This herb is said to cure deep-rooted carbuncles caused by parasites and scrofula.