Herbs that Clear Heat and Eliminate Toxins
She Gan 射干
Rhizoma Belamcandae Belamcanda Rhizome
Channels LU
Nature Cold Bitter
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Bitter, Cold
- Channels Entered
- LU
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Rhizoma Belamcandae
- Chinese
- 射干
- Tone Marks
- shè gàn
- Translation
- Arrow Shaft
Chinese Herb Actions
- Clears Heat, Removes Toxins, and Benefits the Throat For acute laryngitis, tonsillitis, edema of the glottis, or any pain and swelling of the throat from Fire Toxins or phlegm fire.
- Strongly Reduces Phlegm and Clears the Lungs Treats cough with profuse sputum, wheezing, and phlegm obstruction. This herb's action on phlegm is so strong that it can be combined with warming herbs to treat phlegm cold.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 1.5-9 grams.
- Part used: rhizome.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Do not use during pregnancy, or in cases of diarrhea from spleen deficiency.
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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