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Chong Lou重楼

Rhizoma ParidisParis Rhizome

  • Ligeramente tóxico
Categoría
Herbs that Clear Heat and Resolve Toxicity; Target Warm and Heat Disease
Naturaleza
ligeramente frío
Sabor
amargo
Canales de destino
Hígado
Canales secundarios
Corazón
Dosis
3–10 g

Esta entrada aún no está traducida: el texto siguiente está en inglés.

Dosis habituales

Dosis
3–10 g
For cancers
15–30 g
Tincture
1–3 ml

Acciones & indicaciones

Drains Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, reduces swelling and inflammation and stops pain
Toxic abscesses and sores (Chuang Yung), snakebite, bleeding due to trauma and pain from Stasis, swelling and inflammation, chest and throat swelling and pain
Extinguishes Liver Wind and settles tremors
Liver Wind such as childhood convulsions and seizures

Contraindicaciones

  • Contraindicated where hard lumps typical of Yin-type sores are present.
  • Use cautiously during pregnancy.
  • Use cautiously in patients who are weak.

Combinaciones

Notas

  • For snakebite and traumatic injury, it can be applied externally on its own or worked into a paste with vinegar.
  • Some sources attribute a bleeding-stopping action to this herb.
  • As a Jue Yin channel herb, it cools and clears Heat arising from Liver/Gallbladder constraint, extinguishes Wind, and brings Qi downward.
  • It further reduces swelling, dissolves Phlegm, promotes water metabolism, and expels Dampness.
  • It clears and breaks up stagnation.
  • Studies have shown it inhibits cancer cell growth.
  • According to one source, it remedies convulsions, epilepsy with head-shaking, mania, carbuncles, vulvitis, infantile twitching of the hands and feet, scrofula, sore throat, snakebite, roundworm, tapeworm, pinworm, and edema.
  • It is also said to reinforce Jing, thereby supplementing the Kidneys.
  • Some researchers hold that its power to resolve and expel toxicity exceeds that of Hb. Taraxaci (Pu Gong Ying), Hb. Violae (Zi Hua Di Ding), or Flos Lonicerae (Jin Yin Hua).
  • Chong Lou and Pu Gong Ying (Hb. Taraxaci) both resolve toxicity, reduce swelling, and relieve pain; but Pu Gong Ying additionally promotes urination, relieves painful urinary dysfunction, and treats jaundice, whereas Chong Lou calms fright while cooling the Liver, resolves snakebite toxins, and addresses many types of cancer.

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