Xi Jiao犀角
Cornu RhinoceriRhinoceros Horn
- Category
- Herbs that Clear Heat and Cool Blood
- Nature
- cold
- Taste
- bitter, salty
- Channels entered
- Heart, Liver, Stomach
- Dosage
- 1.5–6 g
Usual doses
- Decoction
- 1.5–6 g
- Powder
- 0.5–2 g
Actions & indications
- Clears Heat from the Ying and Xue stages, relieves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood, clears skin blotches and stops bleeding
- Ying or Xue Stage Heat or Blood Heat with a very high fever and chaotic movement of Blood (erythema, purpura, epistaxis, hematemesis, convulsions and delirium)
- Clears the Heart and calms the *Shen*
- Shen disturbance
- Clears Heat and extinguishes Liver Wind (arrests tremors)
- Warm-Heat pathogen diseases when the Heat enters the Ying or Xue levels with unremitting high fever, loss of consciousness, delirium, convulsions or manic behavior
Contraindications
- An endangered species; its use is prohibited.
- Use with great caution in pregnancy.
- Reserve for Excess disorders only.
- Avoid for rashes occurring with Qi Deficiency where there is no high fever.
Incompatibilities
- Antagonistic to Rx. Carmichaeli Chuan Wu Tou.
- Antagonistic to Rx. Aconiti Kusnezoffii Zhi Cao Wu.
- Antagonistic to Scl. Omphalia Lapidescens Lei Wan.
Interactions
This herb enhances the effect of barbiturates, but does not counteract the effects of pentylenetetrazol or caffeine.
Combinations
High fever with delirium and convulsions from warm febrile disease.
- Sh
- eng Di Huang
Blood Heat causing loss of consciousness and delirium along with epistaxis, hematemesis, or purpura.
- Sheng Di Huang
- Mu Dan Pi
- Chi Shao
Reinforces the Blood-cooling effect of the preceding combination.
Reinforces the Blood-cooling effect of the preceding combination.
Warm febrile disease presenting with high fever, loss of consciousness, delirium, hematemesis, epistaxis, and purpura.
- Shi Gao
- Xuan Shen
Fire at the Qi and Blood levels producing high fever that worsens at night, dark-red skin blotches, thirst, and a rapid pulse.
- Da Qing Ye
- Shi Gao
- Ling Yang Jiao
Fever with loss of consciousness, delirium, and convulsions.
Heat at the Ying stage.
- Chi Shao
- Shi Gao
- Bai Mao Gen
- Da Ji
- Xiao Ji
Severe hemorrhage.
- Shi Gao
- Xuan Shen
- Da Qing Ye
Febrile disorders.
A throat that is sore, swollen, and painful.
Febrile disorders with delirium and mania.
Notes
- In recent practice it has been applied to cardiovascular disease, stroke, and cancer.
- Should not be stored together with salt.