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Yu Bai Pi (Siberian elm bark)

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榆白皮: promote urination, treat strangury, eliminate phlegm, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.

Yu Bai Pi (Siberian elm bark)
Yu Bai Pi (Siberian elm bark) — Traditional Chinese Medicine Healing Herbs

榆白皮

Name

Yu Bai Pi (Siberian elm bark)

The Effect of 榆白皮

Property

Sweet, neutral; lung, spleen and bladder meridians entered.

Actions

Induce diuresis, treat stranguria, eliminate phlegm, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.

Indications

Insomnia, sore and boils, scabies, difficult urination, favus of the scalp, leucorrhea, stranguria with turbid discharge, cough with excessive phlegm, internal hemorrhage, external hemorrhage, retension of dead fetus.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 9~15 g, or made into powder. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or decocted for washing.

Cautions

It is contraindicated in case of deficiency cold in the stomach.

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.

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