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INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: MU FANG JI - 木防己 - RADIX ARISTOLOCHIAE SEU COCCULI

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Radix Aristolochiae seu Cocculi
Common English:	Coccilus Root Three-Leaf Cocculus Root

CATEGORY

Herbs that Drain Dampness (Diuretics)

PROPERTIES

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter Acrid	Cold	Spleen Bladder Kidney (Lung)	6-12g Tincture: 1-4ml

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Dispels Wind, unblocks the channels and collaterals and eliminates Dampness

Painful obstruction when there is also Heat

Bi Syndrome

Wind-Heat Bi

Promotes urination, resolves toxicity and reduces swellings

Edema with urinary dysfunction

Fevers, sores boils, snake and insect bites

Hypertension and beriberi

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Use with caution during pregnancy.
Use with caution for those with Yin Deficiency.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi Fr. Chaenomelis Mu Gua Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai	Rz. seu Rx. Notopterygii Qiang Huo Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis Du Huo	Fr. Malvae Dong Kui Guo Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
Damp-Heat Bi	Wind-Cold Bi	Edema with urinary dysfunction

NOTES

Rx. Aristolochiae seu Cocculi governs Wind Qi as it disseminates and unblocks and it drains water pathogens from the organs. Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji governs water Qi and drains Damp Excess from the channels and collaterals. .