Herb Listings
Jing Jie Tan / Schizonepeta, Charred | |||
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Taste: Acrid • Temperature: Slightly Warm • Category: Exterior Releasing - Warm • Sub Category: Aromatic | |||
Dosage3-9g |
ActionsReleases the exterior & expels wind: for exterior patterns of either wind-cold or wind-heat (depending on the herbs with which it is combined). Also for carbuncles or boils when they first erupt, especially when accompanied by chills & fever.2. Vents rashes & alleviates itching: for the initial stage of measles & pruritic skin eruptions. 3. Stops bleeding: as an auxiliary herb for hemorrhage, e.g. blood in the stool or uterine bleeding. |
MeridiansLung, Liver |
CautionsContraindicated for Liver wind patterns, & for fully-erupted measels or open sores. |