Category
Clear Heat
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Dicatmni Cortex
English Name
Dosage
4.5-9g
Entering Channels
SP
Flavor
bitter
Temperature
cold
Pregnancy
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
Individual Essential Oils
Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Caution should be exercised if the substance is prescribed for patients with poor liver function. Beware of allergic hypersensitivity.
Actions & Indications:
- Clears heat, resolves fire toxicity, expels wind, and dries dampness: for wind-heat or damp-heat sores, carbuncles and rashes. These are characterized by much pus or leaking of a yellow fluid, moist skin, and pruritus. Aso used (only in combination) for damp-heat jaundice or painful obstruction.
- Clears damp-heat, stops itching: for vaginal pruritis with discharge.
