Traditional Chinese Medicine/Chai Hu
Name Means:
- Chai-Firewood
- Hu-Beard
English Name:
- bupleurum [1]
- hare's ear root
- thorowax root
Chinese Name:
- 柴胡 (Pinyin: chái hú)
Latin Name:
- Radix Bupleuri [2]
Taste & Temperature:
Channels:
- Foot Jue Yin of Liver
- Foot Shao Yang of Gall Bladder
- Hand Jue Yin of Pericardium
- Hand Shao Yang of San Jiao
Actions & Indications:
- disperse Wind-Heat (Spicy & Cool)
- raise Yang Qi
- Middle Jiao Qi sinking
- resolve Shao Yang disorders & reduce fever
- soothe Liver Qi
Contraindication:
- Qi & Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating
- Yin deficiency couch
- Liver Fire ascending to head
- can occasionally cause Nausea or Vomiting
Caution:
- Yin syndrome
- Blood deficiency
- chronic skin infection
Dosage:
- 1-4 qian (3-12 grams)
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Notes
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Ruizhi Zhao, Shaojun Liu, Shirui Mao, Yanjun Wang. "Study on liver targeting effect of vinegar-baked Radix Bupleuri on resveratrol in mice". Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 126, Issue 3, 10 December 2009, Pages 415-420
- ↑ Osamu Morinaga, Shuhang Zhu, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yukihiro Shoyama. "Visual detection of saikosaponins by on-membrane immunoassay and estimation of traditional Chinese medicines containing Bupleuri radix". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Volume 346, Issue 3, 4 August 2006, Pages 687-692