Xia Ku Cao Granules

SKU	BPG565
Brand	Blue Poppy Granules - Single Herbs
Unit Size	100g
Potency	5:1
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
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.*