Herbs that Invigorate Blood and Remove Stagnation
Gan Qi 干漆
Lacca Sinica Exsiccata Sap Prepared as Lacquer
Specimen photograph
not yet catalogued
not yet catalogued
Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Warm
- Nature & Flavour
- Bitter, Warm, Slightly Toxic
- Channels Entered
- LIV, ST
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Lacca Sinica Exsiccata
- Chinese
- 干漆
- Tone Marks
- gàn qī
- Translation
- Dried Lacquer
Chinese Herb Toxicity & Overdose
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This herb is considered toxic.
(while some Chinese herbs are toxic, it must be noted that many come prepared, or are combined, to mitigate their toxicity)
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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