Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs
Gang Ban Gui: Chinese Herb Guide
Name
Gang Ban Gui (Herba Polygoni Perfoliati)
The Effect of Gang Ban Gui
Property
Sore, slightly cold; lung, bladder meridians entered.
Actions
Clear heat and remove toxicity, promote diuresis and resolve swelling, reliver cough.
Indications
Sore throat, cough due to lung-heat, edema with oliguria, snake and insect bites, eczema, sores and boils, diarrhea due to damp-heat, whooping cough.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 15~30 g. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying with fresh product or decocted for washing with dry product.
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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