Chai Hu 40 packets 2 grams

Chai Hu Granules

Brand: TCM Zone 5:1 Singles

English name: Bupleurum Root

Chinese name: Chai Hu Granules

Unit Size: box of 40/2 gm packets

Potency: 5:1

Taste: Bitter; Acrid

Properties: Cool

Contraindications: Do not use when true yin has been severely damaged; hyperactivity of Liver Yang

Chinese Symptomology: Alternating fever and chills; bitter taste in mouth; flank pain; irritability; vomiting; stifling sensation in chest; dizziness; vertigo; emotional instability; menstruation; abdominal bloating; nausea; indigestion; hemorrhoids; vagina

Actions: Resolves lesser yang disorders and reduces fever; Spreads Liver qi and relieves constraint; Raises and lifts the yang qi; Restores harmony between the Liver and Spleen

Pattern: Lesser Yang stage of externally-contracted disorders; Constrained Liver Qi; Disharmony between Liver and Spleen; Abnormal descent of Qi with inability to rise

Channels Entered: Gallbladder; Liver; Pericardium; Triple Burner

Ingredients: Chai Hu - Bupleuri Radix

Entering the Gallbladder, Liver, Pericardium, and Triple Burner channels, Bupleuri Radix (chai hu) is bitter, acrid, cool, and light in weight so that it raises and disperses to vent the exterior and drain heat. This rising action also raises the clear qi of the Stomach and Gallbladder, and in conjunction with its acrid dispersal, restores the normal movement of Liver qi in order to relieve Liver qi constraint. (from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.)

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