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Xia Ku Cao Granules, Single 2g Packet

Xia Ku Cao Granules, Single 2g Packet

Xia Ku Cao Granules, Single 2g Packet

SKU TCM292A-S
Brand TCM Zone Single Herb Granule - Single Packet
Unit Size Single 2g Packet
Potency 5:1 extract granules
Taste Bitter, Acrid - Bensky
Properties Cold - Bensky
Contraindications Use with caution in those with Spleen and Stomach weakness and deficiency - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology Red, painful, or swollen eyes; Headache and dizzness; Neck lumps, neck nodules, scrofula, lipoma, swollen glands, goiter; Hypertension - Bensky
Actions Cools Liver fire, disperses clumps, benefits the eyes.
Pattern Liver fire; Heat - Bensky
Channels Entered Gallbladder, LIver - Bensky
Chinese name Xia Ku Cao
English name Prunella Spica, Selfheal Spike
 
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Description
 

Excerpted from Bensky:  Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

  • Clears Liver fire and brightens the eyes:  for upward-blazing of Liver fire with red, painful, or swollen eyes, or headache and dizziness.  Also used for eye pain that increases in the evening due to Liver deficiency, especially when the eyes are neither red nor swollen.*
  • Clears heat and dissipates nodules:   for any neck lump or nodule, as in scfofula, lipoma, swollen glands, or goiter due to phelgm-fire.  Also used for similar nodules in the inguinal canal and other parts of the body.*
  • This herb has recently been used for hypertension, especially when accompanied by Liver fire or patterns of ascending yang.*
Ingredients

Xia Ku Cao - Prunella
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