Category
Dispel Wind-Damp
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Siegesbeckiae Herba
English Name
Dosage
9-15g
Entering Channels
KD
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:
- None
Actions & Indications:
- Dispels wind-dampness and unblocks the channels and collaterals: for wind-damp painful obstruction with pain in the joints. Because it is good at unblocking the channels and invigorating the collaterals, it is also commonly used for spasms and cramps in the extremities, numbness in the extremities, and weak legs, including weakness as a sequelae of wind-stroke.
- Clears heat and pacifies the Liver: for patterns of ascendant Liver yang with such symptoms as headache and dizziness.
- Clears and transforms damp-heat: for damp-heat sores and itching, wind-damp rash, or other forms of itching.
- Also used for hypertension.
