Herb Listings
| Ce Bai Ye / Biota or Arbor-Vitae Leaves | |||
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| Taste: Bitter, Astringent • Temperature: Slighlty Cold • Category: Regulate Blood • Sub Category: Stop Bleeding | |||
Dosage6-15g, raw or charred, or as powder in ointment base for burns |
Actions1. Cools the blood & stops bleeding: widely used for various bleeding disorders including vomiting blood, bleeding gums, coughing of blood, blood in the stool or urine, bloody dysenterial disorders, & uterine bleeding. Owing to its slighlty cold nature, this herb is effectively used in treating patterns of hot blood, but it may also be used with warming herbs for bleeding associated with cold patterns.2. Stops coughing & expels phlegm: for Lung heat patterns with cough & accumulation of phlegm. Especially important in cases of difficuly to expectorate sputum streaked blood. 3. Promotes healing of burns: used topically in powdered form for the early stages of burns over a small to moderate surface area. |
MeridiansHeart, Liver, Large Intestine |
CautionsLong-term ingestion or a large dose may cause dizziness, nausea, &/or vomiting. |
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