Pei Lan
| Pei Lan in TCM:Explore the properties of Pei Lan according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: eupatorium, fortune eupatorium
Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Eupatorii
Properties: acrid, neutral, aromatic
Temperature: neutral
Channels: LU, ST, SP
Flavors: aromatic, pungent
Special Properties:
clears heat, clears damp, resolves summer heat
Actions / Indications:
- Aromatically transforms damp (stifling sensation
in chest; lack of appetite; nausea, white sticky tongue coat; damp-heat
in SP channel with sweet sticky taste in mouth, excessive
saliva, foul breath)
- Releases summer-damp (external damp-summer-heat with
nausea; early stage damp-heat warm-febrile disease)
- (cc: yin deficiency)
- (cooking: do not cook for long periods of time)
Special Notes:
- (cooking: do not cook for long periods of time)
- Pei Lan is frequently used together with Huo
Xiang to clear summer damp. Pei Lan is best for damp retention in
the chest and a sweet taste in the mouth, while Huo Xiang more effectively
disperses damp in the middle jiao.
Contraindications:
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