Herbs that Warm the Interior and Expel Cold
Bi Ba 荜茇
Fructus Piperis Longi Long Pepper Fruit
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Hot
- Nature & Flavour
- Spicy, Hot
- Channels Entered
- ST, LI.
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Fructus Piperis Longi
- Chinese
- 荜茇
- Tone Marks
- bì bá
Chinese Herb Actions
- Disperses Cold, Warms the Middle Jiao, and Relieves Pain For cold in the Spleen, Stomach, and Intestines with symptoms such as abdominal and epigastric pain, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and dysentery.
- Bi Ba can be applied topically for toothache
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 2-5 grams
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Do not use in cases of excess or deficient heat.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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Chinese Herbs Books & References
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