Category
Warm
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Xanthii Fructus
English Name
Dosage
3-9g
Entering Channels
LU
Flavor
bitter
Temperature
warm
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:
- Overdosage can lead to vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Several materia medica texts discourage the eating of pork while taking this herb.
Actions & Indications:
- Disperses wind and dampness and opens the nasal passages: for any nasal or sinus problem with a thick, viscous discharge and related headache. One of the main herbs for deep-source nasal congestion with headache, thick nasal discharge, and a loss of smell.
- Disperses wind and dispels dampness: for wind-damp painful obstruction or skin disorders with itching.
- Dispels exterior wind: as an auxiliary herb for exterior disorders with a splitting headache that radiates at the back of the neck.
