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Bai Xian Pi, 1lb
Bai Xian Pi, 1lb
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Dictamnus Root Bark is an herb that clears heat and dries dampness. It dispels wind and relieves toxicity, making it useful for skin conditions with itching or discharge.
Primary Actions and Uses
- Clears heat and dries dampness: Used for damp-heat skin lesions with redness, swelling, oozing, or itching.
- Dispels wind and relieves toxicity: For eczema, tinea, and other damp-heat skin disorders.
- Clears heat from deficiency: Helpful in cases of steaming bone disorder with tidal fever and night sweats.
Context and Traditional Notes
- Bitter in taste and cold in temperature; enters the Spleen, Stomach, and Bladder channels. Classified in TCM as an herb that clears heat and dries dampness.
- Often used both internally and externally for damp-heat skin conditions, especially those accompanied by itching and discharge.
- Sometimes combined with herbs that cool the blood and relieve toxicity for severe skin eruptions.
English Name: Cortex Dictamni, Dictamnus Root Bark
Unit Size: 1 pound
Potency: 1:1
Taste: Bitter
Properties: Cold
Channels Entered: Spleen, Stomach, Bladder
Actions: Clears heat and dries dampness; dispels wind; relieves toxicity; clears deficiency heat
Pattern: Damp-heat skin lesions; wind-dampness with itching; heat from Yin deficiency
Materia Medica: Clear Heat - Drain Dampness
Contraindications: Use with caution in those with deficiency and cold of the Spleen and Stomach
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