Essence-Securing, Urination-Reducing and Leukorrhagia-Stopping Herbs
Chun Gen Pi (Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus Bark)
Name
Chun Gen Pi (Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus Bark)
The Effect of Chun Pi
Property
Bitter, astringent, cold; liver, large intestine and stomach meridians entered.
Actions
Eliminate heat and dampness, astringe bowel, stop bleeding and kill parasites.
Indications
Chronic diarrhea and dysentery, hematochezia, gonorrhea, spermatorrhea, morbid leucorrhea, infantile malnutrition, metrorrhagia, roundworm.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 6~15 g, or made into pill or powder. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into powder or decocted into paste for applying.
Cautions
It is contraindicated in case of the beginning of diarrhea, dysentery and deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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