Herb Listings
Xi Xian Cao / Siegesbeckia | |||
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Taste: Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Dispel Wind-Damp-Heat • Sub Category: Channel & Collateral Opening | |||
Dosage6-15g |
Actions1. 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. |
MeridiansKidney, Liver |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of yin or blood deficiency. |