Category
Warm & Transform Phlegm-Heat
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Arisaematis Rhizoma Preparatum
English Name
Dosage
3-9g
Entering Channels
LU
Flavor
acrid
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:
- Contraindicated for dry cough from yin deficiency or stirring of wind from either intense heat or blood deficiency.
Actions & Indications:
- Dries dampness and expels phlegm: for cough and a stifling and distended sensation in the chest due to stubborn phlegm. This herb is extremely drying in nature.
- Disperses wind-phlegm and stops spasms: for obstruction due to wind-phlegm usually in the channels, with dizziness, vertigo, numbness in the limbs, facial paralysis, spasms in the hands or feet, opisthotonos, stroke, seizures, or lockjaw.
- Reduces swelling and alleviates pain: used topically for such problems as deep-rooted sores, ulcers, and carbuncles. Also for swelling due to traumatic injury and joint pain secondary to phlegm. For this purpose, the herb is used in its unprepared form. Recently used topically for cervical cancer.
