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Ban Zhi Lian #1069

Pin Ying Name: Ban Zhi Lian

Chinese Name: 半枝蓮

English Name: Barbed Skullcap

Latin Name: Scutellaria Barbata

Herbs that Clear Heat and Purge Fire: Herbs that Clear Heat and Detoxify; Target Warm and Heat Disease
Category
Properties
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Acrid
Slightly Bitter
Bitter
Cool
Cold
Neutral
Liver
Lung
Stomach
Large Intestine
Kidney
Heart
9-30g
Actions & Indications
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage

Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxins, invigorates the Blood and reduces swellings

  • Furuncles, sores and abscesses (Chuang Yung), appendicitis, pulmonary abscess
  • Snakebite
  • Swellings due to trauma

Treats various types of cancer and hepatitis

  • Cancer and hepatitis

Promotes urination and reduces edema

  • Edema due to Damp-Heat
  • Ascites from cirrhosis

Mildly dispels Blood Stasis and stops bleeding

  • Bleeding from trauma, hematemesis, epistaxis, and painful bloody urinary dysfunction
Contraindications
  • Use with caution during pregnancy.
  • Use with caution for those with Blood Deficiency.