She Gan射干
Rhizoma BelamcandaeBelamcanda Rhizome
- Toxique
Autres nomsBlackberry Lily Rhizome
- Catégorie
- Herbs that Clear Heat and Detoxify; Target Warm and Heat Diseases
- Nature
- froid
- Saveur
- amer
- Tropisme
- Poumon
- Méridiens secondaires
- Foie
- Posologie
- 1.5–10 g
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Actions & indications
- Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and improves the throat
- Swollen, painful throat due to Fire Excess, Fire toxin or Phlegm-Heat obstruction
- Can be used alone for sore throat
- Transforms Phlegm, clears the Lungs and eliminates wheezing
- Cough and wheezing with Phlegm obstruction, Lung-Heat asthma
- Combined with warming herbs for Phlegm Obstruction due to Cold-Phlegm
Contre-indications
- Contraindicated in loose stools or diarrhea from Spleen Deficiency Cold.
- Not for prolonged use.
- Contraindicated in pregnancy.
Associations
Sore throat and cough from Lung Heat.
Throat pain and swelling with hoarseness from Excess Fire.
Phlegm-Heat in the throat, with a swollen, sore throat and Phlegm that resists expectoration.
- Jin Yin Hua
- Ma Bo
Throat Bi.
Fire toxin lodged in the throat.
Cough with throat pain and swelling and difficulty expectorating, from Lung Heat.
- Ma Huang
- Xi Xin
- Sheng Jiang
Wind-Cold asthma with chest constriction caused by Phlegm.
Sore throat with abundant Phlegm.
Dyspnea and cough with copious yellow sputum.
Notes
- Some sources hold that it sends Qi downward and disperses Blood.
- Used externally with a little salt as a wash, it treats field dermatitis.
- She Gan and Lasiosphere/Calvatia (Ma Bo) both clear Heat, benefit the throat, resolve toxicity, and disperse clumped Heat, and are often paired for throat swelling and pain; She Gan is bitter and cold, sends pathogenic Heat downward, and transforms Phlegm, while Ma Bo is light and dispersing, acrid and neutral, and works on the Lungs and Blood to treat epistaxis and throat swelling and pain from Wind-Heat.
- Dry-fried as Chao She Gan, it is milder in cold and bitter properties, suiting deficient patients with a sore, swollen throat.
- She Gan and Rx. Sophorae Tonkinensis (Shan Dou Gen) act similarly to clear Heat, though She Gan is more effective at dispelling Phlegm and dispersing Stagnation, while Shan Dou Gen is more effective at sedating Fire.