Ze Lan Granules

Ze Lan Granules

Ze Lan Granules

SKU BPG594
Brand Blue Poppy Granules - Single Herbs
Unit Size 100g
Potency 5:1
Taste Bitter, Acrid - Bensky
Properties Slightly Warm - Bensky
Contraindications Use with caution in those with blood deficiency or in the absence of blood stasis. Use with caution during pregnancy. - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology Postpartum abdominal pain from Blood stasis; Postpartum painful urinary dribbling, systemic or facial edema - Bensky
Actions Gently invigorates the blood without injuring the normal qi, promotes urination
Pattern Blood stasis, Urinary difficulty - Bensky
Channels Entered Liver, Spleen - Bensky
English name Bugleweed; Lycopus lucidus Herba
Description

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

  • Invigorates the blood and dispels stasis:  for pain due to blood stasis obstructing the menses, and for postpartum abdominal pain from blood stasis.  Also used topically or internally for pain and swelling from traumatic injury or abscess.*
  • Promotes urination:  for postpartum edema, postpartum painful urinary dribbling, and systemic or facial edema.  This effect is rather mild and is adjunctive in nature.*
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