Shi Chang Pu
Name: Grass-Leaf Sweetflag
Pinyin: Shi Chang Pu
Pharm. Name: Rhizoma Acori Graminei
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
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Acrid, Sweet |
Induce resuscitation and refresh the mind, resolve dampness and harmonize stomach, calm heart, and induce tranquilization. |
Heart |
1.5-10g 1.5-3g (Eye or Throat Complaints) 4.5-7.5g (Sensory Disturbance or Vexation) 9g (Facilitate Bowel Movements and Urination) 10-15g (Fresh) |
Description:
This has the ability to cure coma caused by phlegm-damp confusing orifices. For high fever, coma, and delirium due to phlegm-heat confusing orifices, it is often combined with heat-clearing herbs and phlegm-resolving herbs. With pungent aroma, it can resolve dampness and enliven the spleen, harmonize the stomach to help digestion. For treating stuffiness and fullness in the abdomen and epigastrium, distending and oppression pain due to retention of dampness in middle energizer, it is often combined with damp-resolving herbs.