Specimen photograph
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cool
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Cool
- Channels Entered
- LIV, ST
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Herba Begoniae
- Tone Marks
- zĭ bèi tiān kuí
- Translation
- Purple Backed Heavenly Big Flowered Plant
Chinese Herb Actions
- Clears Heat and Reduces Toxins For Lung heat cough and cough with Blood.
- Cools and Invigorates the Blood For burns, toxic sores, trauma, sprains, and pain caused by Blood stagnation.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 3-9 grams.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Do not use for Yin type boils.
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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