Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs
Shui Bai La (Folium seu cortex Ligustri Quihoui)
Name
Shui Bai La (Folium seu cortex Ligustri Quihoui)
The Effect of 水白蜡
Property
Bitter, cool.
Sources
The drug is the dried bark, dried or fresh leaf of Ligustrum quihoni Carr. (Family Oleaceae), growing in scrubs, on rocks, on sunny roadsides, or cultivated in yards, and distributed in North China, East China, Southwest China, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan of China.
Actions
Clear heat and eliminate dampness, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.
Indications
Bark is used for the treatment of scalds.Leaf is used externally for the treatment of scalds and burns, traumatic injury, sores and boils, aphtha, jaundice caused by damp-heat, dysentery, eczema, fever with common cold, cough caused by lung-heat, sore throat, dermatitis.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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