Bai Yao Zi白药子
Radix Stephaniae CepharanthaeOriental Stephania Root
- Slightly toxic
- Category
- Herbs that Clear Heat and Detoxify
- Nature
- cool
- Taste
- bitter, pungent
- Channels entered
- Spleen, Lung, Kidney
- Dosage
- 9–15 g
Actions & indications
- Clears Heat and removes toxicity
- Sore throat, sores and boils
- Expels Wind and alleviates pain
- Abdominal pain, diarrhea, rheumatic arthritis
- Cools the Blood and stops bleeding
- Epistaxis, hematemesis, traumatic bleeding