Jiu Cheng Ta九層塔

Herba Ocimi BasiliciBasil

Actions & indications

Regulates the Middle Jiao and promotes digestion: Stomach Cold with Qi Stagnation with stomach cramps which are better with warmth and worse with pressure and poor appetite in children
Invigorates Blood and dispels water: Obstetric and gynecological disorders from Qi and Blood Stagnation with irregular menstruation
Postpartum Blood Stagnation
Opens the channels and collaterals and relieves pain: Soreness and pain in the tendons and bones
Eliminates toxins and disperses Wind: Toothache and eye swelling and pain (when combined with Heat-clearing and toxin eliminating herbs)

Not to be used during pregnancy.

- Chuan Lian Zi
- Yan Hu Suo
- Bai Shao
- Gan Cao
Cramping stomach pain
- Shen Qu
- Mai Ya
Reduced appetite in children
- Dan Shen
- Yi Mu Cao
Irregular menstruation and Blood Stagnation following childbirth
- Ji Xiang Teng
- Chuan Shan Long
Aching and pain in the tendons and bones
- Shui Ding Xiang
- Shi Gao
Toothache
- Ye Ju Hua
- Xia Ku Cao
Red, painful, swollen eyes

Its actions resemble those of Hb. Lycopi Ze Lan, invigorating the Blood and dispelling water.