Li Lu藜蘆
Rhizoma et Radix Veratri NigriVeratrum root and Rhizome
- Toxique
- Catégorie
- Plantes qui transforment les Glaires et arrêtent la toux
- Nature
- froid
- Saveur
- piquant, amer
- Tropisme
- Foie, Poumon, Estomac
- Posologie
- 0.1–0.15 g
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Doses usuelles
- Powder or pill
- 0.1–0.15 g
Actions & indications
- Induces vomiting to treat Wind-Phlegm
- Windstroke, seizures, epilepsy and painful obstruction of the throat due to a welling up of Phlegm
- Ingestion of poisons and toxic substances (take immediately)
- Kills parasites and stops itching
- Topically for scabies, tinea, fungus and lice
Contre-indications
- It is extremely toxic; use only when truly necessary, and then with the utmost caution.
- Avoid in the debilitated.
- Avoid in those who have suffered Blood loss.
- Contraindicated in pregnancy.
Incompatibilités
- Incompatible with Hb. Asari Xi Xin.
- Incompatible with Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao.
- Incompatible with Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao.
- Incompatible with Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen.
- Incompatible with Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen.
- Incompatible with Rx. Glehniae/Adenophorae Sha Shen.
- Incompatible with Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen.
- Incompatible with Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis Ku Shen.
Notes
- Highly toxic, it is given as a powder or pill to induce vomiting, or as a powder to trigger sneezing during seizures or loss of consciousness.
- It is also used as an insecticide against mosquitoes, flies, maggots, and larvae.
- Some modern practitioners believe it should never be prescribed at all.
- Each emetic targets a different kind of Phlegm: Li Lu expels Wind-Phlegm, Rx. Dichroa Chang Shan expels the Phlegm of malarial disorders, Pedicellus Melo Gua Di expels Phlegm-Heat, the tips of Rx. Aconiti Preparata Zhi Chuan Wu and Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi expel Phlegm-Dampness, and Sm. Raphani Lai Fu Zi expels Phlegm Qi.