Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Warm
- Nature & Flavour
- Bitter, Warm
- Channels Entered
- HT, SP
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Herba Artemisiae Anomalae
- Chinese
- 刘寄
- Tone Marks
- Liú jì
- Translation
- Liu's Resident Slave
Chinese Herb Actions
- Breaks Blood stasis, Promotes Menses, and Relieves Pain Used for severe blood stasis including amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, abdominal pain, falls, fractures, contusions, sprains and other traumatic injuries. For any external trauma with sever pain and blood stasis. Used topically for bleeding, contusions, and burns.
- Reduces Food Stasis, Promotes Digestion Treats abdominal pain and indigestion due to food stasis. Awakens the Spleen and Stomach for better digestion.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 3-10 grams in decoction (Chen)
- 9-15 grams in decoction (Bensky)
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Do not use during pregnancy
- Do not use for other than excess disorders
Chinese Herb Toxicity & Overdose
- Excess can lead to vomiting and diarrhea
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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