Bing Lang槟榔

Posologie

6–15 g

For tapeworms

60–120 g

Tincture

2–4 ml

• ·Use cautiously in cases of collapsed Middle Qi.
• ·For dysenteric disorders, use only when tenesmus is present.
• ·Use cautiously during pregnancy.
• ·Excessive dosing can cause increased salivation, vomiting, diuresis, and stupor.

Long-term concurrent use with antipsychotic drugs — such as chlorpromatazine (Thorazine), fluphenazine (Prolixin), thioridizine (Mellaril), and haloperidol (Haldol) — may worsen extrapyramidal effects in schizophrenic patients also taking neuroleptics.

• ·Its downward-draining action helps expel intact parasite bodies.
• ·Habitual use may dull the sense of taste, increase appetite, promote periodontal disease, and sometimes cause chronic diarrhea, along with discoloration of the mouth and lips (it has a narcotic effect and is chewed together with an alkaline substance).
• ·It is helpful for gastrointestinal complaints involving bloating and edema.
• ·It is frequently paired with Rx. Dichroae Chang Shan for malaria — Chang Shan has anti-malarial action but can cause nausea and vomiting, and Bing Lang eases those symptoms, improving patient compliance.
• ·It works on accumulations of many kinds: dispersing Qi Stagnation, moving Blood Stasis, transforming Phlegm, eliminating pathogenic water, reducing Food Stagnation, unblocking the stool, and expelling parasites.
• ·Research has shown it inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
• ·It is said to release constrained visceral energy, disperse masses, stop bleeding, and relieve edema and stomachache.
• ·Another source describes it as expelling abdominal masses, aiding digestion to clear Phlegm and pathogenic Wind, killing parasites, sobering intoxication, reducing Phlegm Accumulation, and treating dysuria and constipation.
• ·It has been used as a tea to guard against miasma.
• ·Another source says it resolves Stagnation and Stasis, regulates and eases the Stomach to relieve pain, promotes drainage through the Intestines, and offsets a rich, fatty diet.
• ·It is also said to activate the muscles to relieve pain.
• ·It is said to deactivate polio, herpes, influenza, and rabies viruses.
• ·It may also interrupt malaria.
• ·Bing Lang and Sm. Cucurbitae Moschatae Nan Gua Zi are both effective at expelling parasites, and combining them greatly enhances their effect against tapeworms, roundworms, and other intestinal parasites. Bing Lang additionally has a strong ability to send Qi downward, resolve accumulations, promote urination, and reduce Phlegm and Food Stagnation — actions Nan Gua Zi lacks.
• ·Bing Lang and Per. Arecae Da Fu Pi both direct Qi downward, clear pathogenic water, and reduce edema. Da Fu Pi, acrid and light, sends Qi down more moderately and disperses both formless and formed Qi Stagnation, while also opening Excess Phlegm blocking the Spleen and Stomach. Bing Lang, bitter, acrid, and heavy, has a strong sinking action that forcefully drives Qi down, breaks up Qi Stagnation, drains formed Qi Stagnation, treats edematous skin swelling, and kills parasites.
• ·White Areca Bai Bing Lang is especially good at directing Qi downward and promoting urination, though its parasite-killing action is weak.
• ·Fresh Areca Xian Bing Lang moves Qi and resolves Food Stagnation without harming Yin.
• ·Dry-fried Areca Chao Bing Lang is somewhat gentler and better suited to elderly or weak patients.
• ·Scorched Areca Jiao Bing Lang mainly reduces and guides out to harmonize Stomach Qi, and is generally used for Food Stagnation in the Middle Jiao.
• ·Date Areca Zao Bing Lang is bitter and astringent, able to digest Food Stagnation, counter intoxication, relieve chest congestion, and stop nausea; it is mainly used for Food Accumulation with Qi Stagnation, nausea, and a sensation of fullness in the chest and abdomen.