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Ba Yue Zha八月札

Fructus AkebiaeAkebia Fruit

Also known asAkebia Trifoliata

Category
Herbs that regulate Qi
Nature
neutral
Taste
bitter
Channels entered
Liver, Stomach
Dosage
6–30 g

Actions & indications

Dredges the Liver, regulates Qi and controls pain
  • Liver Qi Stagnation with chest and hypochondriac pain
  • Disharmony between the Liver and Stomach, Stomach ache due to emotional depression
  • Hernial disorders
  • Food Stagnation, indigestion
Expels Phlegm and disperses clumps
Scrofula
Promotes urination and relieves restlessness
Urinary dysfunction, polydipsia, dysentery, lumbago
Invigorates the Blood
Blood Stagnation, dysmenorrhea, tenesmus of the uterus
Kills intestinal parasites
Intestinal parasites
Removes toxin
Toxic Heat

Contraindications

Use cautiously during pregnancy.

Combinations

Notes

  • More recently it has been applied to treating breast and digestive-tract tumors.
  • Studies confirm it inhibits cancer cell growth.
  • It has proven effective for hypochondriac masses.
  • It is applied to urolithiasis.
  • It relieves pain in the chest, epigastrium, and testicles.
  • It treats fibrocystic breast disease and abdominal masses.
  • It disperses and clears irritable Heat, promotes urination and bowel movement, calms the Heart, relieves thirst, and directs Qi downward.
  • It addresses anorexia caused by pathogenic Heat, along with regurgitation of food.
  • It is said to thicken the digestive-tract musculature, aiding lower-tract evacuation and stimulating appetite.
  • It is also credited with clearing all twelve main channels.
  • It is reputed to treat all conditions caused by pathogenic Wind, organ impairment, traumatic injury, hair loss, epidemic disease, snakebite, fright-induced blindness, indigestion from retained food, irregular urination, and restlessness.
  • For chorioepithelioma, 60g each of Ba Yue Zha, Rx. Rhodomyrti Shui Duo Nian, and Hb. Hedyotis Diffusae Bai Hua She She Cao are decocted daily.

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