Jing Jie
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Factoids:
English Name: schizonepeta, fine-leaf schizonepeta
Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Schizonepeta
Properties: acrid, slightly warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: LU, LV
Flavors: pungent
Special Properties: disperses wind, stops bleeding
Alternate Forms:
- Chao Tan- To stop bleeding or vaginal discharge
Actions / Indications:
- Releases exterior; Extinguish Wind (exterior wind-cold
or wind-heat depending on which other herbs it is combined)
- Vent rashes, alleviate itching (skin problems in
initial stages: measles, wind rashes, pruritic skin eruptions, eczema)
- Stops bleeding and vaginal discharge (best when charred
for bleeding, vaginal disharge; auxilliary herb for blood in the the
stool or uterine bleeding)
- (cc: Liver wind patterns)
- (cc: fully erupted measles or open sores)
- (cooking: do not decoct for too long a time)
Special Notes:
- Pharmacologically Jing Jie has Antibiotic as well as Antipyretic and diaphoretic properties.
- Often paired with fang feng
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