Heat-Clearing and Blood-cooling Herbs
Xing An Bai Tou Weng (兴安白头翁)
Name
Xing An Bai Tou Weng (Radix Pulsatillae Dahuricae)
Sources
The drug is the dried rhizome of Pulsatilla dahurica (Fisch.) Spreng (family Ranunculaceae), growing in hillside grasslands, and distributed in Heilongjiang and Jilin of China.
The Effect of 兴安白头翁
Property
Bitter, cool.
Actions
It is used to clear away heat in blood, remove toxicity.
Indications
Amebic dysentery, nose bleeding, hemorrhoid hemorrhage, a kind of malaria characterized by patient's running a fever followed by feeling cold.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 15~30 g. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or decocted for washing.
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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