Tian Kui Zi天葵子
Radix SemiaquilegiaeSemiaquilegia Root Tuber
- Category
- Herbs that clear Heat
- Nature
- cold
- Taste
- sweet, bitter
- Channels entered
- Liver, Spleen, Bladder
- Dosage
- 3–16 g
Actions & indications
- Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, reduces swelling and disperses Stagnation
- Abscesses, swelling, toxic sores and deep-rooted furuncles.
- Some types of cancer
Contraindications
- Contraindicated in Spleen Deficiency.
- Contraindicated with loose stools.
- Contraindicated with clear urine.
Combinations
Abscesses and furuncles marked by localized redness, swelling, heat, and pain.
- Pu Gong Ying
- Lu Jiao Shuang
Breast abscess.
Scrofula.
Notes
- It can be used for snakebite.
- It has a mild diuretic effect.
- It is said to assist in passing urinary stones.
- For tiger or snake bites, the juice is squeezed out and drunk; applied to the wound surface it detoxifies and eases pain.
- It has a mild calming effect on tremors and convulsions.
- Studies show it inhibits cancer-cell growth.
- It is said to resolve breast cancer that has become stone-hard.
- It is reportedly used mainly for internal damage caused by Phlegm-Fire.
- It treats scrofula and malignant boils, its action strengthened by soaking in wine.
- Hb. Semiaquilegiae Zi Bei Tian Kui, the aerial part of the same plant, mildly disperses masses and treats nodules, carbuncles, and abscesses, at a dosage of 3–10g.