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Tian Hua Fen天花分

Radix TrichosanthisTrichosanthis Root

Auch bekannt alsSnakegourd Root

Kategorie
Herbs that Drain Fire
Temperaturverhalten
kalt
Geschmack
bitter, leicht süß
Leitbahnbezug
Lunge, Magen
Dosierung
8–16 g

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Übliche Dosen

Dosierung
8–16 g
Tincture
2–5 ml

Wirkungen & indikationen

Drains Heat and generates Fluids
  • Lung Heat and Dryness with thirst and irritability
  • Yin Deficiency thirst
  • Wasting and thirsting disorder (Xiao Ke)
  • Thick sputum, blood streaked sputum
Clears and drains Lung Heat, transforms Phlegm and moistens Lung Dryness
Phlegm Heat above the diaphragm, especially when the Heat has led to Dryness
Relieves toxicity, expels pus and reduces swelling
Chuang Yung (especially breast abscesses - internal and topical)

Kontraindikationen

  • Use cautiously in Deficiency Cold.
  • Use cautiously in diarrhea from Spleen and Stomach Deficiency.
  • Use cautiously during pregnancy.
  • Avoid where true Heat is absent.
  • In large doses it may cause miscarriage, allergic reactions, fever, headache, sore throat, stiff and painful joints and neck, and damage to the Liver and Kidneys.
  • Injected into the groin, it may cause lymphadenitis with tenderness.
  • Do not combine with Aconite.
  • Do not use beyond one month.

Unverträglichkeiten

  • Antagonistic to Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang.
  • Antagonistic to Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi.
  • Antagonistic to Rx. Aconiti Wu Tou.
  • Antagonistic to Lacca Sinica Exsiccata Gan Qi.

Kombinationen

  • Wasting-and-thirsting disorder, and the thirst and irritability that follow injured fluids after a warm febrile disease.

  • Thirst and irritability from fluid injury caused by Heat.

  • Yin injury from Stomach Heat presenting as marked thirst, irritability, a dry mouth, hunger soon after eating, and wasting — a pattern often seen in diabetes.

  • Irritability and mental confusion from Lung and Stomach Yin Deficiency with rising Heat and thirst; also goiter arising from Phlegm-Heat clumping.

  • Cough from Phlegm-Heat in the Lungs with thick, sticky, or blood-streaked sputum, as well as dry cough from Lung Heat.

  • A dry or scant-sputum cough with chest oppression and thirst following a febrile illness.

  • Thirst occurring in febrile disease.

  • Reduces swelling and discharges pus.

  • For boils and carbuncles.

  • Breast abscess, used both internally and topically.

  • Yang-type abscesses of the breast or Intestines.

  • Heat and Dryness affecting the Lungs and Stomach, with marked thirst and heavy water intake from upper Xiao Ke.

  • Dryness accompanied by irritability.

  • Wasting-and-thirsting syndrome, and hyperthyroidism.

  • Applied topically to abscesses that have not yet ulcerated or become necrotic.

Anmerkungen

  • Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen, Tub. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong, and Tub. Asparagi Tian Men Dong share the ability to clear Heat and moisten the Lungs, though each suits a different origin: Tian Hua Fen for Lung Heat arising from Stomach Heat, Mai Men Dong for Lung Heat arising from Heart Fire, and Tian Men Dong for Lung Dryness from Kidney Yin Deficiency.
  • It is frequently used in febrile illness accompanied by thirst.
  • It has a particular application for swelling in the chest and throat.
  • It is said to regulate and direct Qi downward, open the chest, and ease irritability.
  • A skin test should precede injection to guard against an allergic reaction.
  • Given by injection, it can induce abortion between the 3rd and 7th month.
  • Trichosanthin serves as the active ingredient of GLQ223, an antiviral used against HIV infection.
  • Some sources classify this herb among the Cool Antitussives — those that transform Phlegm and stop cough by cooling and resolving Phlegm-Heat.
  • It disperses Blood stagnated by trauma, frees blocked menstruation, expels the Heat behind mania, resolves yellow jaundice, moistens severe Dryness, and is especially effective against alcohol toxicity.
  • Research has found it effective at inhibiting cancer-cell growth, and it has been used to treat skin cancer.
  • It settles the Small Intestine, resolves swelling, treats breast abscess, and expels pus to promote the regeneration of flesh.
  • For breast abscess: grind 30g of this herb together with 3g Olibanum Ru Xiang into a powder, and take 6g at a time with wine.
  • For early-stage carbuncles or swelling: decoct the herb in wine, dry it, grind it to powder, mix with millet wine, spread on paper, and apply to the affected area.
  • Alternatively, grind equal parts of this herb and Sm. Phaseoli Lu Dou, mix with vinegar, and apply to the lesion.
  • Tian Hua Fen and Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu both generate fluids, relieve thirst, nourish Yin, clear Heat and enrich the Stomach, and are often paired. Tian Hua Fen, sweet and cold, acts mainly on the Lungs and Stomach and is the stronger of the two at generating fluids, bringing down Phlegm-Fire, expelling pus, and reducing swelling. Shi Hu, sweet, bland, slightly salty and cold, enters the Kidneys and Stomach, enriches Kidney Jing, and is better suited to cooling Heat arising from Deficiency.
  • Tian Hua Fen and Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen both cool Heat in the Lungs and Stomach, nourish Yin, and generate fluids, and are frequently combined for unquenchable thirst in febrile disease and for cough from Lung Heat. Tian Hua Fen is the stronger fluid-generator and Yin-nourisher, used mainly for Stomach Yin Deficiency or fluid loss, and it also resolves toxicity, moves Blood, and reduces swelling in toxic sores and boils. Lu Gen cools more strongly at the Lung and Stomach Qi level, venting and dispersing pathogens, making it best suited to the early stage of warm pathogen disease; because it can expel pus, it is also used for Lung abscess.

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