Herb Listings
Di Gu Pi / Lycium Root Bark, Wolfberry Cortex | |||
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Taste: Sweet • Temperature: Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Clear Def. Heat | |||
Dosage6-15g |
Actions1. Drains fire from yin deficiency: for such symptoms as night sweats, steaming bone disorder with sweating, chronic low-grade fevers, irritability, & thirst.2. Clears heat & stops coughing: for Lung heat cough or wheezing. 3. Clears heat & cools the blood: for nosebleed, vomiting of blood, & bloody urine due to the reckless movement of hot blood. 4. Drains floating fire in the Kidney channel: for toothache due to fire from deficiency. |
MeridiansLung, Liver, Kidney |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of Stomach & Spleen cold from deficiency with loose stools, & in exterior disorders. |