Traditional Chinese Medicine/Bai Zhi

Bai-White

Zhi-Root of medicinal plant

(Chinese name:白芷)

Angelica root

Latin Name: Radix Angelicae Dahuricae

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

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