Single Herbs
Formula
Single Herbs
| Category | Qu Feng Shi Yao 祛風濕藥 |
| Sub Category | |
| Name | Bai Fu Zi 白附子 Typhonium rhizome |
| Grown | Northeast and north China. |
| Source | Dried rhizome of Aconitum coreanum (LEVL.) RAP. |
| Ingredients | Cyperene, Isopatchoulanone, Cyperotoundone, ?-,?-Rotunol |
| Pharma Effect | |
| Properties | Acrid, warm, toxic |
| Channels | Stomach, liver |
| Function | Directs drug properties upward while utilizing and dispersing their ingredients, promotes and disperses them. Also expels wind and phlegm. |
| Clinic Usage | For phlegm accumulation due to wind-stroke, headache, migraine, damp arthralgia due to pathogenic wind-cold, convulsions, spasms, damp and itchy skin, tetanus and facial paralysis. |
| Cautions | |
| Dosage | 3~6g after processed. To use externally, smash the herb, use in decocted paste or powders. Apply to wounds with wine. |
| Storage | Store in a dry, well-ventilated place. |
