Gang Ban Gui -杠板归
Herba Polygoni PerfoliatiPerfoliote Knotweed Herb
- Category
- **Herbs that Clear Heat and Detoxify**
- Nature
- neutral, slightly cold
- Taste
- sour, bitter
- Channels entered
- Lung, Small Intestine, Bladder
- Dosage
- 9–30 g
Actions & indications
- Clears Heat and eliminates toxicity
- Pharyngitis, herpes zoster, Chuang Yung, skin eruptions, eczema, scabies, scrofula, jaundice, pertussis, sore throat, cough due to Lung Heat, snake and insect bites
- Promotes diuresis and disperses swelling
- Nephritis, urinary difficulty, edema, dysentery, enteritis, diarrhea, malaria, turbid urine, erysipelas, oliguria
- Invigorates the Blood
- Blood Stagnation