Category
Clear Heat
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Scrophulariae Radix
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:
- Contraindicated in cases of cold dampness of the Spleen and Stomach. Traditionally it is not to be combined with Veratri nigri Radix et Rhizoma (Li Lu).
Actions & Indications:
- Clears heat and cools the blood: when heat has entered the blood level of warm heat pathogen diseases, causing bleeding, fever, dry mouth, and a purplish tongue, as in Clear the Nutritive Level Decoction (qing ying tang).
- Nourishes the yin: especially for the sequelae of warm heat pathogen diseases with such symptoms as constipation and irritability.
- Softens hardness and dissipates nodules: for neck lumps due to phlegm-fire as well as severe throat pain and swelling.
