INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Olibanum Gummi Olibani |
| Common English: | Frankincense Gum Olibanum Mastic Boswellia |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Acrid Bitter |
Warm |
Heart Liver Spleen |
3-10g Large doses: up to 15g Tincture: 1-4ml Essential Oil: 2 drops in a gel cap with olive oil |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Invigorates the Blood and promotes the movement of Qi |
Pain due to Blood Stasis from traumatic injury Early stage toxic sores, carbuncles, swellings and pain Blood Stasis with chest, epigastric or abdominal pain |
Relaxes the sinews, activates the channels and alleviates pain |
Wind-Damp-Bi with rigidity and spasms |
Reduces swelling and generates flesh |
Topically as an ointment or powder to reduce swelling, generate flesh, alleviate pain and promote healing of sores, carbuncles, and traumatic injury Pain, redness and swelling of the gums, mouth and throat |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Myrrh |
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Traumatic injury pain. Blood Stasis obstructing the channels with epigastric, flank, abdominal and joint pain. Abdominal pain during menstruation. Wind-Cold-Damp Bi with numbness throughout the body and unresponsive extremities. Chronic, ulcerated and non-healing sores. Topically as a powder for skin lesions and ulcerations. |
Unopened carbuncles and ulcerations. Topically for chronic non-healing wounds and ulcers. |
Pain from trauma. |
Fr. Toosendan |
Caul. Sargentodoxae |
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Stomach and epigastric pain due to Qi Stagnation and Blood Stasis. |
Intestinal abscess from Heat and Blood Stagnation clogging the Intestines. |
Joint pain due to Wind-Cold-Damp Bi. |
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae |
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Wind-Stroke with spasms and rigidity. Wind-Damp-Cold-Bi. |
Flank pain due to acute sprain. |
Amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea. |
Rz. Corydalis |
Rx. seu Rz. Notopterygii |
Myrrh |
Chest and abdominal pain. |
Wind-Damp Bi. |
Traumatic injury with severe pain and bruising. |
Flos Lonicerae |
Flos Lonicerae |
Myrrh |
Initial stage of abscesses or sores with redness, swelling and pain. |
Ulcerated sores or abscesses. |
Topically as a powder for sores and abscesses where the pus has been completely cleared. |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
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Sores that are flat and without redness and pain. |
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- This herb is often used in combination with Myrrh Mo Yao to invigorate Blood and break up Blood Stasis. It is very good for sharp, colicky pain.
- This herb invigorates the channels while Mo Yao is better at breaking up obstruction.
- This is the resin of the Boswellia Carteri (olive) tree.
- This herb is very useful for treating damaged tissues with swelling and pain.
- This herb is also used as incense and as a deodorant.
- Some sources say that this herb controls bleeding.
- Both Ru Xiang and Myrrh Mo Yao invigorate the Blood, disperse Stasis, stop pain, reduce swelling and generate flesh. Ru Xiang is warm, piercingly aromatic, powerfully stops pain, acts more on Qi, more powerfully invigorates the Blood and relaxes the sinews. Mo Yao is neutral, bitter, powerfully breaks up Stagnation, drains and disperses Blood and acts more on the Blood.
- Unprepared Frankincense Sheng Ru Xiang is generally used externally.
- Vinegar-prepared Frankincense Zhi Ru Xiang is easier on the digestion , has a better taste, is better able to invigorate the Blood, stop pain, restrain and inhibit and generate flesh. It acts on the Liver channel in particular and is frequently used to treat pain in the chest and flanks, mobile and fixed abdominal masses, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea.