Ma Dou Ling馬兜玲
Fructus AristolochiaeAristolochia Fruit
Autres nomsBirthwort Fruit · Dutchman's Pipe Fruit
- Catégorie
- ** Herbs that Transform Phlegm and Stop Coughing; Herbs that Stop Cough and Wheezing (Anti-Asthmatics
- Nature
- légèrement froid
- Saveur
- amer
- Tropisme
- Poumon, Gros intestin
- Posologie
- 3–10 g
Cette entrée n’est pas encore traduite — le texte ci-dessous est en anglais.
Doses usuelles
- Posologie
- 3–10 g
- Tincture
- 1–3 ml
Actions & indications
- Clears the Lungs, transforms Phlegm, stops coughing and calms wheezing
- Cough or wheezing due to Lung Heat with rebellious Qi
- Lung Deficiency Heat
- Lung Deficiency chronic asthma
- Clears and drains Large Intestine Heat and reduces swelling and pain
- Large Intestine Heat with swelling and pain in and around the anus
- Bleeding hemorrhoids and fistula
- Lowers Blood pressure
- Hypertension due to Liver Yang Rising
Contre-indications
- Contraindicated with diarrhea from Spleen Deficiency.
- Contraindicated with cough or wheezing from Deficiency Cold.
- Contraindicated with Lung Qi Deficiency.
- Large doses or extended use may cause nausea or vomiting.
- This herb is toxic and has been shown to be carcinogenic — use with great caution.
Associations
Lung Heat cough and wheezing with coarse breathing from Phlegm.
- Zhi Mu
- Bei Mu
- Tian Men Dong
Cough with scanty sputum, thirst, and irritability from Lung Heat damaging the Fluids.
Dry cough or blood-streaked sputum from blazing Fire due to Yin Deficiency.
Bleeding hemorrhoids.
- Xia Ku Cao
- Gou Teng
- (Huang Qin
Hypertension with ascending Liver Yang.
Cough and wheezing from Phlegm accumulation or Lung Heat.
Notes
- More recently this herb has been used for hypertension with light-headedness and flushing.
- Since this herb is intensely bitter, Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou is frequently used in its place.
- Rx. Aristolochiae Qing Mu Xiang (Ma Dou Ling Gen) is acrid, bitter, and cool to cold; it enters the Liver and Stomach, moves Qi, relieves pain, clears Heat, reduces swelling, and counters Fire toxicity. It treats epigastric pain and distention, dysenteric diarrhea from poor summer eating habits, hernial disorders, carbuncles, and toxic swellings including snakebite, though it is toxic and demands great caution. Paired with Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu and Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi, it treats Liver-Stomach Qi Stagnation; with Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian and Sm. Arecae Bing Lang, it treats diarrhea and abdominal pain; with Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi, taken internally or applied topically, it treats snakebite. Dosage is 6–9g.
- Some sources credit it with dispersing and descending Qi.
- Ma Dou Ling and Fol. Eriobotryae Pi Pa Ye both enter the Lung and Stomach channels, cool Heat, and descend Qi, treating Lung Heat cough. Ma Dou Ling particularly suits Lung Heat and blazing Fire from Yin Deficiency with coughing up of blood, and it also cools the Large Intestine to treat hemorrhoids. Pi Pa Ye particularly suits Phlegm that is difficult to expectorate, with a stronger ability to descend Qi, transform Phlegm, and relieve cough, though it is less cooling; it also treats Stomach Heat with thirst.
- Prepared Birthwort Fruit, Zhi Ma Dou Ling, is honey-processed, making it less bitter and less prone to causing nausea or vomiting, while retaining the ability to moisten the Lungs and transform Phlegm — suited to Lung Deficiency with Heat producing cough and wheezing.
- Herba Aristolochiae Birthwort Stem, Tian Xian Teng, is bitter and warm, entering the Liver and Spleen channels; it regulates Qi, transforms Dampness, invigorates the Blood, and relieves pain. It treats epigastric pain from Liver-Stomach disharmony, pain from bulging disorders, and postpartum pain, and less often arm Bi pain, at a dosage of 3–9g.
- Qing Mu Xiang is the root of the same plant that yields Ma Dou Ling.