Xie Bai
Name: Macrostem Onion (薤白)
Pinyin: Xie Bai
Pharm. Name: Bulbus Allii
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Acrid, Bitter |
Activate yang and dissipate nodulation, move qi, and relieve stagnation. |
Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach, Heart |
4-10g 30-60g (Fresh) |
Description:
It is the essential herb of chest impediment for its actions of dispersing congealing cold and activating yang. For chest pain and fullness due to cold-phlegm accumulation and chest yang deficiency, it is usually combined with the herbs of moving qi and soothing chest, resolving phlegm and dissipating nodulation, warming, and activating heart-yang. For gastroabdominal stuffiness, distension, and pain caused by stomach cold and qi stagnation, it is usually combined with the middle-energizer-warming and qi-moving herbs such as Gao Liang Jiang, Mu Xiang, and Sha Ren.