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Niu Huang牛黃

Calculus BovisCattle Gallstone

Autres nomsOx Gallstone · Bezoar · Bos

Catégorie
Plantes qui ouvrent les orifices
Nature
frais
Saveur
amer
Tropisme
Cœur, Foie
Méridiens secondaires
Vésicule biliaire
Posologie
0.15–1 g

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Actions & indications

Clears the Heart, opens the Orifices aromatically, awakens the Spirit and vaporizes Phlegm
  • Delirium or coma due to Hot Phlegm Obstructing the Pericardium or Warm-Heat pathogen
  • Wind-Stroke, convulsions or seizures
Clears the Liver, relieves Fire toxicity, extinguishes Wind and stops tremors
Extreme Heat Generates Liver Wind with high fever, spasms, tremors or convulsions
Drains Heat and resolves Fire toxicity
Carbuncles, boils and a wide variety of Hot swellings (Chuang Yung) (can be used as a stand-alone herb)

Contre-indications

  • Contraindicated in pregnancy.
  • Contraindicated when Heat Excess is absent.
  • Contraindicated in Spleen and Stomach Deficiency.
  • Contraindicated in infants with diarrhea from poor milk digestion.
  • Contraindicated in Wind-Stroke affecting the channels, with facial paralysis, skin numbness, or partial limb paralysis.

Incompatibilités

  • Antagonistic with Fossilia Ossis Mastoid (Long Gu).
  • Antagonistic with Rx. Rehmanniae (Sheng Di Huang).
  • Antagonistic with Rx. Gentianae (Long Dan Cao).
  • Antagonistic with Rx. Dichroa (Chang Shan).
  • Counteracts Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae (Niu Xi).

Interactions

Niu Huang produces mild sedation: it dampens caffeine-induced stimulation while potentiating the sedative effects of morphine, barbiturates, and other sedatives.

Associations

  • Heat attacking the Pericardium causing delirium and irritability, as seen in Ying Stage Heat.

  • Heat attacking the Pericardium causing delirium and irritability, as seen in Ying Stage Heat.

  • Convulsions and coma from severe Heat blocking the Orifices.

  • Abscesses and scrofula.

  • Convulsions caused by Phlegm-Heat.

  • Grand mal seizures.

  • Childhood convulsions and impaired consciousness from extreme Heat.

  • Applied topically for mouth sores and a painful, swollen, ulcerated throat caused by Heat.

  • Applied topically for swollen, painful gums.

  • Sores, carbuncles, and boils.

  • Delirium, high fever, and convulsions; applied topically for Heat-toxin sores, throat Bi, or periodontal disorders.

  • Clouded consciousness from Phlegm and turbid filth blocking the Orifices.

  • Sore, swollen throat with ulcers of the tongue or throat.

  • Boils, carbuncles, fibrocystic breast disease, and a broad range of painful swellings.

  • Unconsciousness, delirious speech, high fever, and convulsions.

Notes

  • Some sources place this herb among the Liver Wind-calming herbs.
  • It stimulates digestion and is used for digestive disorders involving enzymatic and biliary insufficiency, impaired fat breakdown, and food allergies.
  • Research shows it inhibits cancer cell growth.
  • For epilepsy triggered by fright or mental disturbance, crush the herb, blend with honey, and give to the patient.
  • For collapsed smallpox, grind two pieces of Niu Huang with 0.3g Cinnabaris (Zhu Sha) into a powder, mix with honey and rouge, and apply to the lesion once daily.
  • Taken internally, it addresses furuncles, carbuncles, cellulitis, and numerous other infections.
  • Applied topically, it strongly detoxifies and relieves pain.
  • Calculus Artificialis Bovis (Ren Gong Niu Huang), an artificial calculus made by treating cattle or pig gall until a stone forms, is considered comparable to the natural substance for treating Heat toxin, though less effective at opening the Orifices.
  • Compared to Secretio Moschus (She Xiang), it is less effective at opening the Orifices but excels at clearing Heat and relieving toxicity.
  • It also cools the Blood.
  • Niu Huang and Arisaema cum Bile (Dan Nan Xing) both cool Heat, eliminate Phlegm, settle convulsions and address loss of consciousness from Wind-Stroke or Phlegm collapse due to Phlegm-Heat, as well as recurrent childhood convulsions and withdrawal-mania patterns. Niu Huang is stronger at clearing Heat, opening the Orifices, cooling the Blood, and resolving toxicity, treating high fever, delirium, impaired consciousness, and swollen sores from Heat toxin. Dan Nan Xing is stronger at eliminating Phlegm, expelling Wind, and arresting convulsions, and is better suited to Phlegm-Heat.
  • Niu Huang and Venenum Bufonis (Chan Su) are both useful for resolving toxicity, reducing swelling, opening the Orifices, and restoring consciousness. Niu Huang's strongly cooling nature resolves toxicity and clears Heat, while its aromatic quality dislodges Phlegm and opens the Orifices — it is used for clouded consciousness from febrile disease or Wind-Stroke. Chan Su, acrid and warm, mobilizes and disperses; it treats sores and toxic swellings by reducing swelling and stopping pain, and opens the Orifices and clears turbid filth to address fainting from Heat-Stroke and vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain from exposure to turbidity during the hottest days of summer.

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