Shang Lu商陸

Radix PhytolaccaePoke Root

Autres nomsPokeberry Root · Phytolacca

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Doses usuelles

Drives out water through the urine and stool: Edema associated with Excess with severe constipation, abdominal distention and urinary difficulty
Reduces sores and carbuncles: Hot type sores (topical)
Removes Phlegm, stops coughs and resolves lumps: Pulmonary disorders
Reduces swelling and disperses nodules: Crushed and applied topically to treat swelling and nodules

- Bing Lang
- Ze Xie
Excess-type edema and swelling accompanied by urinary difficulty.
- Chi Xiao Dou
Edema with abdominal distention, shortness of breath, and urinary difficulty.
- Ku Shen
As a warm topical poultice for hot, painful sores.

This herb is harsh and toxic.
It brings on diarrhea.
Overdose can cause, in milder cases, fever, rapid breathing, rapid heartbeat, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea with abdominal pain, and in severe cases, headache, delirium, dilated pupils, and coma; fresh Rx. Glycyrrhizae (Gan Cao) and fresh Sm. Phaseoli (Lu Dou) serve as the antidote and are often prescribed alongside Shang Lu to reduce its toxicity.
Used externally, it resolves toxicity and reduces swelling; for boils and abscesses it is commonly ground together with table salt and applied to the site.
Shang Lu and Sm. Pharbitidis (Qian Niu Zi) both drain forcefully outward through the urethra and anus, treating edema paired with severe constipation, urinary difficulty, and thin mucus; Qian Niu Zi clears out Stagnation, reduces accumulation, and kills parasites, is less toxic than Shang Lu, and suits both adults and children for abdominal pain from parasitic accumulation, Food Stagnation, and poor appetite, while Shang Lu carries greater internal toxicity but, used externally, likewise resolves toxicity and reduces swelling.
Processed as Zhi Shang Lu, it is less toxic and has a more forceful draining, descending action.