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Bai Fu Zi / Typhonium Rhizome
Bai Fu Zi
Taste: Acrid, Sweet • Temperature: Warm • Category: Tranform Phlegm & Stop Coughing • Sub Category: Warm & Transform Phlegm Cold

Dosage

1.5-6g

Actions

1. Dries dampness, transforms phlegm, expels wind, stops spasms: for wind-phlegm affecting the head resulting in wind-stroke, facial paralysis, hemiplegia, or migraine headaches.

2. Expels wind-cold-dampness & alleviates pain: for dizziness, severe lateral headaches, numbness, facial pain, facial weakness, or any head pain with signs of damp-cold or wind-dampness.

3. Relieves toxicity & dissipates nodules: for snakebite, scrofula, or other nodules due to phlegm & toxicity. Usually used topically for these problems.

Meridians

Liver, Spleen, Stomach

Cautions

Contraindicated during pregnancy, & in cases of yin deficiency with heat signs. Toxic.