Tou Gu Cao透骨草
Caulis ImpatientisGarden Balsam Stem
- Légèrement toxique
Autres nomsSperanskia
- Catégorie
- Plantes qui chassent le Vent-Humidité
- Nature
- frais
- Saveur
- amer, légèrement doux, piquant
- Tropisme
- Foie, Rate, Rein
- Posologie
- 9–20 g
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Actions & indications
- Invigorates Blood circulation, breaks up Blood Stasis, reduces swelling and generates flesh
- External and traumatic injuries with bruising, swelling, inflammation and pain
- Clears Heat, eliminates toxins, cools the Blood and relieves pain
- Toxic sores, burns, carbuncles and swellings (topical)
- Drains Damp-Heat
- Acute jaundice
- Hepatitis
- Dispels Wind and Dampness and relaxes the muscles and sinews
- Arthritis and arthralgia
- Muscle and bone contracture
- Beriberi due to Cold-Dampness
- Tinea
Contre-indications
Contraindicated during pregnancy.
Associations
Pain and bleeding resulting from trauma.
Heat-induced hematemesis, abnormal uterine bleeding, epistaxis, and hematuria.
- Cang Zhu
- Hou Po
- Huang Bai
- Long Dan Cao
- Xia Ku Cao
Acute jaundice accompanied by hepatitis, fever, anorexia, and hepatomegaly.
Notes
Two other herbs also share the Pinyin name Tou Gu Cao: Caulis Speranskiae Tuberculata and Caulis Leptostachya.