Traditional Chinese Medicine/Bai Zhi

Bai-White Zhi-Root of medicinal plant (Chinese name:白芷) Angelica root Latin Name: Radix Angelicae Dahuricae Xuguang Zheng, Xiaowei Zhang, Xiaona Sheng, Zhifang Yuan, Wei Yang, Qiao Wang, Lantong Zhang. "Simultaneous characterization and quantitation of 11 coumarins in Radix Angelicae Dahuricae by high performance liquid chromatography with electrospray tandem mass spectrometry", Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Volume 51, Issue 3, 5 February 2010, Pages 599-605 Taste & Temperature: ../Xin-Spicy/ ../Wen-Warm/ Channels: Hand Tai Yin of Lung Foot Yang Ming of Stomach Actions & Indications: disperse Wind-Cold (Warm & Spicy) Expel Wind-Cold-Damp stop headache Yang Ming headache (frontal) reduce swelling & expel pus expel Damp & alleviate discharge open nasal orifices Contraindications: Qi & Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating Blood/Yin deficiency, because it's very drying burst sore, draining pus Caution: Yin syndrome Blood deficiency chronic skin infection Antagonize: Xuan Fu Hua Dosage: 1-3 qian (3-9 grams) Similar actions to: ../Qiang Huo/ - Tai Yang, vertex & occipital headaches; upper body Wind-Damp Bi pain ../Gao Ben/ - Tai Yang, vertex & occipital headaches back to: ../TCM Materia Medica/ ../Xin Wen Jie Biao/ Notes