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Xi Xian Cao / Siegesbeckia
Xi Xian Cao
Taste: Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Dispel Wind-Damp-Heat • Sub Category: Channel & Collateral Opening

Dosage

6-15g

Actions

1. Dispels wind-dampness & strengthens the sinews: for wind-heat-damp painful obstruction. Also for facial paralysis & hemiplegia as well as numbness & weakness in the back & legs.

2. Calms the spirit: for irritability, insomnia, & forgetfulness.

3. Clears heat & pacifies the Liver: for patterns of ascendant Liver yang with such symptoms as headache & dizziness.

4. Transforms damp-heat: for damp-heat sores & itching, wind-damp rash.

5. Also used for hypertension.

Meridians

Kidney, Liver

Cautions

Contraindicated in cases of yin or blood deficiency.