Bai Hua She
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Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: bungarus (snake skin)
Pharmaceutical Name: Bungarus Parvus
Properties: toxic, sweet, salty, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: SP, LV
Flavors: toxic, sweet, salty
Special Properties:
clears damp, disperses wind, alleviates bi syndrome
Alternate Forms:
- She Tui (sloughed skin of snakes) - sweet, salty, neutral; LV; dispels wind, stops spasms and removes superficial visual obstructions; 1.5-3g raw or 0.3-0.6g as powder
- Sheng: use topically - toxic
Actions / Indications:
- Powerfully unblocks channels; dispels wind (chronic
wind-damp bi with numbness and weakness of limbs, cramping of sinews;
sequelae of stroke; syphillis, leprosy, tinea, numbness of skin, severe
skin itching)
- Extinguish wind; stops tremors (spasms, tremors,
seizures, tetanus, childhood conversions)
Special Notes:
- This toxic herb is Ideal for wind-bi
and bi zheng (painful obstruction syndrome)
- Bai Hua She is similar in its indications to Wu
Shao She. Wu Shao She is weaker and is not toxic.
Contraindications:
- (cc: yin def w/ heat)
- (cc: blood def w/ heat)
- toxic: do not exceed 10g raw (1.0 to
1.5g in powder form)
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