INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Rhizoma Opuntiae |
| Common English: | Prickly Pear Rhizome |
Herbs that Clear Heat and Purge Fire
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter |
Cool |
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30-60g |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Promotes the movement of Qi, invigorates the Blood, clears Heat, eliminates toxins and stops bleeding |
Chest and abdominal pain due to nervousness, dysentery, bleeding hemorrhoids, coughing, sore throat, Lung abscess, mastitis, snakebite |
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- Optunia ficus-indica Li Guo Xian Ren Zhang clears the Lungs, relieves coughing, cools the Blood and resolves toxins for Lung Heat coughing, tuberculosis, hemoptysis, dysentery, bleeding hemorrhoids, breast abscess, sore, burns and scalds, lichen and snake and insect bites..