Deficiency-Heat-Clearing Herbs
Gong Lao Zi (功劳子)
Gong Lao Zi
Mahonia Bealei Carr
功勞子
Name
Gong Lao Zi (Mahonia Bealei Carr)
The Effect of 功劳子
Property
Bitter, astringent, slightly warm; liver and kidney meridians entered.
Actions
Clear heat, tonify the kidney, dry dampness.
Indications
Diarrhea, hectic fever due to yin-deficiency, intermittent fever, metrorrhagia and leukorrhagia, stranguria with turbid discharge.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 5~9 g.
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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