Ban Xia (Sheng) Single Herb Extract 100 grams

Ban Xia (Sheng) Single Herb Extract, 100g

Unit Size

100 Grams

Potency

5:1

Taste

Acrid - Bensky

Properties

Warm, Toxic - Bensky

Contraindications

As a warm and drying herb, it should be used with caution (if at all) in patients with dry cough from yin deficiency, sore throat from fire excess, or bleeding. - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology

cough with copious sputum, nausea and vomiting due to many causes including cold, thin mucus, Stomach deficiency, Stomach heat, or pregnancy; nodules, pressure, distention or pain due to phlegm and heat in the chest and apigastrium leading to a stifling, distended sensation in the epigastrium that is aggravated by pressure, coughing of viscous, yellow sputum. - Bensky

Actions

Acrid for opening, slippery for directing qi downward, and bitter for drying; best used for thin phlegm or dampness as well as rebellious Stomach qi. - Bensky

Pattern

Cold phlegm in the Lungs; rebellious qi, phlegm

Channels Entered

Lung, Spleen, Stomach - Bensky

Description

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Dries dampness, transforms phlegm, and causes rebellious qi to descend: for cough with copious sputum, as in cold-phlegm in the Lungs. Especially effective for transforming phlegm due to dampness of the Spleen.*
• Directs rebellious qi downward and stops vomiting: for nausea and vomiting due to many causes including cold, thin mucus, Stomach deficiency, Stomach heat, or pregnancy.*
• Dissipates nodules and reduces clumps: for nodules, presssure, distention, or pain due to phlegm lingering in the chest, phlegm nodules in the neck (such as goiter and scrofula), or obstruction caused by phlegm anywhere in the body. Also for focal distention in the chest and epigastrium.*

Ingredients

Pinellia ternata, uncured