Bai Bu 40 packets 2 grams

Bai Bu, 2gm/packet

Brand: TCM Zone 5:1 Singles

English name: stemona root

Chinese name: Bai Bu

Unit Size: Box of 40 (2gm packets)

Potency: 5:1 extract granules

Taste: Sweet, bitter - Bensky

Properties: Slightly Warm - Bensky

Contraindications: Contraindicated in those with loose stools from Spleen deficiency - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: Acute and chronic cough; parasites, lice - Bensky

Actions: Excels at directing qi downward to alleviate all types of cough, particularly chronic and deficiency types - Bensky

Pattern: Yin deficiency - Bensky

Channels Entered: Lung - Bensky

Recommendations: Prepared Stemona Root: Slices of the root are mixed with honey and left covered until the honey has been mostly absorbed, then it is fried or baked with moderate heat until slightly yellow. This increases its Lung-moistening action, and is especially indicated for chronic cough and dry cough. At present, for internal use, prepared stemona root is the norm.

Ingredients: Bai Bu - Stemonae Radix

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

• Moistens the Lungs and stops cough: for both acute and chronic cough. Especially useful for cough from deficiency, including yin deficiency.
• Expels parasites and kills lice: apply topically as either a tincture or a decoction for head or body lice or fleas.

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