Properties: Salty, cold
Meridans Entered:
Primary: Heart, Kidney, Bladder
Traditional Actions/Indications:
- Cools the Blood
Blood in the urine, vomiting blood, bleeding from the teeth and tongue, toothache
- Improves eyesight
Red and painful eyes, eye ulcers
Suggested Daily Dosage: Typically 9-15 g in decoction, but sometimes as little as 3g; or made into pills or powder. For external use grind into powder and use for brushing teeth or mix with water to rinse the mouth and wash eyes.
Cautions: Contraindicated in oedema and vomiting. This may be due to the ability of salt to increase water retention and promote vomiting.
Appears in 1 formulae listed on this site: (click to display)
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Reference Notes:
Individual herb information has sourced mainly from TCM Wiki and American Dragon for basic data and then updated manually with my own notes. Zhou, Xie and Yan (2011): Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Vol. 5, and A+ Medical Encyclopaedia have been used for entries not available from those sources with additional material searched for and filled in where available. Western herbs not appearing in the Chinese literature have used Ross (2010): Combining Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine: A Clinical Materia Medica, White Rabbit Institute of Healing and therapeutika.ch. Choices of which source to use or combine have been my own.
These pages are intended to assist clinicians and are not intended for self-diagnosis or treatment for which a qualified professional should be consulted. Actions and indications are taken from traditional uses and do not necessarily reflect the evidence base which should be researched independently. Dosages are for guidance only and will vary dependening on the potency of the batch and the tolerance of the individual so should be evaluated by a professional based on individual needs.
