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Hai Zao海藻

SargassumSargassum

Autres nomsHerba Sargassii · Seaweed

Catégorie
Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat
Nature
froid
Saveur
amer, salé
Tropisme
Rein, Foie, Poumon, Estomac
Posologie
6–16 g

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Doses usuelles

Posologie
6–16 g
Tincture
2–4 ml

Actions & indications

Reduces Phlegm and softens areas of hardness
  • Phlegm nodules in the neck such as: tumors, scrofula and goiter
  • Abdominal mass, carbuncle
  • Bulging disorders, especially those involving the scrotum and testes
Promotes urination and reduces edema
Edema due to leg Qi or floating edema, orchitis

Contre-indications

  • Contraindicated for those with Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold.
  • Use only where there is Excess pathogenic clumping.
  • Prolonged consumption can cause weight loss.

Incompatibilités

Incompatible with Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao.

Associations

    • Kun Bu
    • Zhe Bei Mu
    • Chen Pi
    • Kun Bu
    • Zhe Bei Mu
    • Qing Pi

    Goiter.

  • Scrofula.

  • Scrofula together with goiter.

  • Goiter together with scrofula.

    • Water Chestnut

    Silicosis marked by Yin Deficiency and profuse sputum.

    • Kun Bu

    Goiter and scrofula: in hyperthyroidism, give large doses over a short course; in hypothyroidism, give standard doses over an extended course.

Notes

  • Traditionally, this herb is used for hernia-related pain.
  • In commercial diet-control preparations it curbs appetite and promotes weight loss without causing insomnia.
  • Some sources credit this herb with clearing Heat.
  • It has an inhibitory effect on certain cancer cells.
  • For scrofula with an enlarged neck, dry-fry or roast the herb together with buckwheat and roasted Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can, decoct in rice broth, and form into pills for oral use, taking 60 pills per dose.
  • For scrofula below the jaw, soak 300g in wine for several days and take frequent small doses.
  • Sargassum Hai Zao is often paired with the other seaweed, Thallus Eckloniae Kun Bu, for resolving hard masses.
  • Hai Zao and Meretricis/Cyclinae Ge Qiao are both salty and cold, softening areas of hardness, reducing Phlegm, and facilitating fluid movement to reduce edema; Hai Zao enters the Liver channel and is stronger at softening hardness and dispersing clumps, making it better for goiter, testicular pain and swelling, and hepato/splenomegaly, while Ge Qiao enters the Lungs and is better at cooling the Lungs and descending Phlegm-Heat, making it more suited to cough and chest pain from Phlegm-Fire.
  • Hai Zao and Thallus Eckloniae Kun Bu are similar in properties and action; Hai Zao is bitter as well as salty and cold, with a turbid flavor, and its cooling and therapeutic actions are milder than those of Kun Bu.

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