INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: TU BEI MU - 英文名 - BULBUS BOLBOSTEMMA PANICULATUM

Pharmaceutical Latin: Bulbus Bolbostemma Paniculatum
Common English:

CATEGORY

Herbs that Clear Heat and Remove Toxins

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Slightly Cold
Lung
Spleen
9-15g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat and removes toxins

Rhinitis

Disperses Stagnation

Hyperplasia of the mammary glands

Eliminates pathogenic External Phlegm, reduces sores and swellings

Mastitis, scrofula warts

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Rx. Glycyrrhizae 15g
Gan Cao
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata 15g
Zhi Gan Cao
Spina Gleditsiae 7.5g
Zao Jiao Ci
Rz. Pinelliae Preparata 4.5g
Zhi Ban Xia
Squama Manitis 7.5g
Chuan Shan Jia
Rz. Anemarrhenae 7.5g
Zhi Mu

 

 
With 15g earth-baked Tu Bei Mu, for pyogenic infection of the back of the hand.

 

 

NOTES

  • This herb is primarily used externally.
  • Tu Bei Mu has a significant inhibitory effect on the growth of cancer cells.
  • It is good for scattering carbuncles, removing pus, dispelling Wind-Damp pathogens and resolving Phlegm.