10.12.08
Posted in Chinese Herbal Medicine, Herbs at 12:42 pm by Dr. Pharm Tao
Scientific name:
Panax notoginseng
Family:
Araliaceae
Parts used:
Root
Taste and properties:
Sweet and slightly bitter, warm
Meridians/channels:
Liver, stomach
Actions:
Cardiotonic
Hemostatic
Increases coronary flow
Lowers arterial pressure
Reduces myocardial oxygen consumption
Shortens clotting time
TCM effects:
Alleviates pain
Promotes blood circulation
Relieves swelling
Removes blood stasis
Stops bleeding
Uses:
Angina pectoris
Blood in the feces
Blood in the urine (Hematuria)
Chronic infectious hepatitis
Coughing up of blood (Hemoptysis)
Dark petechiae
Dull-colored tongue with petechiae
Heart diseases
Hyperlipidemia
Menalgia
Metrorrhagia
Nosebleeds (epistaxis)
Pains
Trauma
Vomiting of blood (Hematemesis)
Dosages:
Powder: 2-5 g once or twice a day.
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10.11.08
Posted in Chinese Herbal Medicine, Herbs at 6:48 pm by Dr. Pharm Tao
Scientific name:
Panax ginseng C.A. Mey.
Family:
Araliaceae
Parts used:
Root, rhizome
Taste and properties:
Sweet and slightly bitter, warm
Meridians/channels:
Spleen, lung, heart
Actions:
Acts on the central nervous system (CNS)
Cardiotonic
Decreases the blood sugar level
Enhances the immune function
Hypertensive on acute circulatory failure
Promotes phagocytosis
TCM effects:
Calms the mind
Invigorates lung-Qi
Invigorates Qi (vital energy)
Invigorates spleen-Qi
Invigorates Wei-Qi
Promotes the production of body fluid
Relieves collapse-syndrome
Replenishes Qi
Quenches thirst
Uses:
Collapse-syndrome:
Enteroptosis
Heart failure
Listlessness
Shock
Weak respiration
Heart-Qi deficiency:
Absent-mindedness
Amnesia
Cardiodynia
Insomnia
Palpitation
Spontaneous perspiration
Lung-Qi deficiency:
Common cold
Cough
Dyspnea
Night sweat
Shortness of breath
Qi-deficiency:
Emission
Enuresis
Impotence
Sterility
Spleen-deficiency:
Anemia
Emaciation
Fatigue
Hemorrhagic diseases
Poor appetite
Prolapse of uterus and rectum
Wei-Qi deficiency:
Carbuncles
Skin infections
Yin-deficiency:
Diabetes
Febrile diseases
Thirst
Dosages:
Decoction: 3-9 g
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10.10.08
Posted in Chinese Herbal Medicine, Herbs at 1:05 pm by Dr. Pharm Tao
Scientific name:
Schefflera arboricola Hayata
Family:
Araliaceae
Parts used:
Root and leaf
Taste and properties:
Bitter, sweet, warm
Actions:
Analgesic
Antispasmodic
Sedative
TCM effects:
Alleviates pain
Expels wind
Promotes blood circulation
Relieves asthma
Removes blood stasis
Uses:
Abdominal colics
Asthmatic bronchitis
Biliary colics
Bronchial asthma
Headache and other pains
Rheumatism
Trauma
Trigeminal neuralgia
Dosages:
Decoction: 15-30g
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10.09.08
Posted in Chinese Herbal Medicine, Weatern Herbs at 12:51 pm by Dr. Pharm Tao
Scientific name:
Erycibe obtusifolia Benth.
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Parts used:
Old vine
Actions:
Antipyretic
Scopoletin has antiphlogistic effects
The miotic effect of 0.01% erycibes A is similar to that of 2% pilocapine
TCM effects:
Alleviates pain
Expels wind-dampness
Induces miosis
Uses:
Abdominal pain
Arthritis
Lower back pain
Pain of lower extremities
Primary glaucoma
Trauma
Dosages:
Decoction 3-6g
Eyedrops (0.025% erycibes A or 0.05% erycibes alkaloid II) 1 drop bid to qid or g5d
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