Herbs that Clear Heat and Dry Dampness
Qin Pi 秦皮
Cortex Fraxini Korean Ash Branch Bark
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Bitter, Cold
- Channels Entered
- GB, LI, LIV, ST
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Cortex Fraxini
- Chinese
- 秦皮
- Tone Marks
- qín pí
Chinese Herb Actions
- Eliminates Heat and Stops Diarrhea For Damp-Heat diarrhea or dysentery, especially if Blood is present.
- Clears Heat in the Liver Channel and Clears the Eyes For cataracts, redness, swelling and pain due to Liver heat.
- Clears Wind-Damp For painful obstruction from heat.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 4.5-15 grams.
- Part used: bark.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Contraindicated in cases of cold from deficiency of the spleen and stomach. Traditionally reported to antagonize Fructus Evodiae Rutaecarpae (wu zhu yu).
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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