Traditional Chinese Medicine Healing Herbs(TCMHH)
Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs · 3-min read

山慈姑

575 views · Updated 2024-11-20
Quick answer

NameShan Ci Gu (Indian Iphigenia Bulb)The Effect of 山慈姑PropertySweet, slightly pungent, cold, slightly toxic; liver, stomach and lung meridians entered.ActionsResolve swelling and dissipate nodulation, resolve phlegm and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, snake and insect bites, sore throat

山慈姑
山慈姑 — Traditional Chinese Medicine Healing Herbs

Shan Ci Gu

Name

Shan Ci Gu (Indian Iphigenia Bulb)

The Effect of 山慈姑

Property

Sweet, slightly pungent, cold, slightly toxic; liver, stomach and lung meridians entered.

Actions

Resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation, resolve phlegm and remove toxicity.

Indications

Sores and boils, snake and insect bites, sore throat, scrofula, lyssodexis.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 3~6 g, or pounded into juice, or made into pill or powder. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into juice for applying.

Cations

It is contraindicated for weak people.

When to see a doctor: herbal care suits mild, everyday issues. For worsening, severe, or sudden symptoms — or if you are pregnant, on medication, or treating a child — consult a licensed practitioner first.

Did this article help you?

Your answer directly shapes how this article gets rewritten. Several sections on this site exist because readers asked for them.

Keep readingRelated for you

Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis NamingShan Dou Gen (Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis)——Kai Bao Ben Cao (Materia Medica in Kai-Bao Reign)The Processing of Radix Sophorae TonkinensisOriginThe root and rhizoma of Sophora tonkinensis Gapnep. of family Leguminosae.LocationMainly in Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guizhou provinces of China.Harv 山豆根 山豆根 NamingShan Dou Gen (Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis)——Kai Bao Ben Cao (Materia Medica in Kai-Bao Reign)The Processing of 山豆根OriginThe root and rhizoma of Sophora tonkinensis Gapnep. of family Leguminosae.LocationMainly in Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guizhou provinces of China.HarvestCollected at anytime 忍冬藤 忍冬藤 NameRen Dong Teng (Honeysuckle Stem)The Effect of 忍冬藤PropertySweet, cold; heart and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, romove toxicity and dredge meridians.IndicationsSores and boils, infectious hepatitis, febrile disease, dysentery due to heat-toxin, arthralgia and myalgia.Dosage and Adminis

Something this article didn't cover?

Ask us directly — we reply within 2 days. Great questions become public articles.

Ask a question →