Zhu Dan猪胆
Fel Suis Scrofae DomesticaePig Gallbladder
- Category
- Herbs that transform Phlegm and stop cough
- Nature
- cold
- Taste
- bitter
- Channels entered
- Lung, Large Intestine, Liver, Gallbladder
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
Usual doses
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
- Powder
- 0.3–0.6 g
Actions & indications
- Clears the Lungs, transforms Phlegm and relieves cough and dyspnea
- Hypersensitivity, cholecystitis, hepatitis, difficulty digesting fats, phlegm accumulation, asthma, jaundice, pharyngitis, pertussis, typhoid fever
- Clears Heat, clears vision and expels toxins
- Internal Heat with rashes and itching, allergies, diarrhea, dysentery, sores and boils, red eyes, carbuncles, furuncles, conjunctivitis
- Fevers
- Moistens Dryness
- Constipation, parched with thirst, jaundice
Notes
- According to one source, this herb acts as a purgative and diuretic and is used for eruptions on children's heads.
- Pig Bones Zhu Gu 猪骨, address poisoning from horse liver, spoiled meat and rotten fruits or vegetables, as well as smallpox (via the charred jawbone). A soup made from the spine bones relieves thirst, the charred skull bones treat diarrhea, and the jawbone, heated and ground, is applied topically to venereal sores.
- Pork Zhu Rou 猪肉 is bitter in flavor, slightly cooling, and mildly toxic; medicinally only meat from pure black pigs is used. It treats Kidney disorders, chronic insanity, dysentery and chronic inflammation. Combined with plums, Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian, Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng, or Rz. Picrorhizae Hu Huang Lian, it may cause dysentery; combined with Fr. Xanthii Cang Er Zi, it may cause convulsions; combined with Rx. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang, it may cause facial pimples; and combined with Rz. Fagopyri Cymosi (buckwheat) Jin Qiao Mai, it may cause hair loss and rheumatism.
- Pig Bile Zhu Dan Qi clears the Lungs, transforms Phlegm, clears Heat and detoxifies.