Herbs that Expel Phlegm by Inducing Vomiting
Li Lu 藜芦
Radix Et Rhizoma Veratri Veratrum Root and Rhizome
Specimen photograph
not yet catalogued
not yet catalogued
Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Spicy, Bitter, Cold, Toxic
- Channels Entered
- LIV, LU, ST
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Radix Et Rhizoma Veratri
- Chinese
- 藜芦
- Tone Marks
- lí lú
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)
This herb is incompatible with:
- Bai Shao (Radix Albus Paeoniae Lactiflorae)
- Bei Sha Shen (Radix Glehniae Littoralis)
- Chi Shao (Radix Rubrus Paeoniae Lactiflorae)
- Dan Shen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae)
- Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsitis Pilosulae)
- Ku Shen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis)
- Ren Shen (Radix Ginseng)
- Xi Xin (Herba Asari Cum Radice)
- Xuan Shen (Radix Scrophulariae Ningpoensis)
- Sha Shen (Glehniae/Adenophorae Radix)
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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