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Jing Jie #1169

Pin Ying Name: Jing Jie

Chinese Name: 荊芥

English Name: Schizonepeta

Latin Name: Schizonepetae, Herba

Herbs that Release the Exterior: Warm, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior (Wind-Cold Diaphoretics)
Category
Properties
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Acrid
Aromatic
Slightly Warm
Warm
Neutral
Lung
Liver
3-10g 30g (Maximum)
Actions & Indications
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage

Releases the Exterior and expels Wind

  • Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat
  • Carbuncles or boils (Chuang Yung) when they first erupt - especially with chills and fever

Vents rashes and relieves itching

  • Initial-stage measles and pruritic skin eruptions

Stops bleeding

  • Hemorrhage (auxiliary)

Dispels Wind and relieves muscle spasms

  • Postpartum spasms, trismus, muscle cramps and spasms due to Wind
Contraindications
  • Contraindicated for those with fully erupted measles or open sores.
  • Contraindicated for those with spontaneous sweating.
  • Contraindicated for those with headache due to Yin Deficiency.
  • Contraindicated for those without pathogenic Wind.
  • Contraindicated for those with Internal Wind conditions with spasms or tremors of the extremities.