Bai Wei
| Bai Wei in TCM:Explore the properties of Bai Wei according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: cynanchum, blackened sallowwort root, versicolorous swallowwort root
Pharmaceutical Name: Radix Cynachi Atrati
Properties: bitter, salty, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: LU, ST, KD
Flavors: bitter, salty
Special Properties:
circulates blood, clears heat, disperses wind, clears deficent heat
Actions / Indications:
- Clears deficient heat; cools blood (yin deficiency
fever; heat entering blood; postpartum fever; lingering fever from febrile
disease that injures blood and yin; this herb can clear heat from excess
or deficiency; but is used more for deficient type; also used topically
or internally for toxic sores, sore throat, and poisonous snake bite)
- Treats yin deficient type of common cold (for wind
invasion in person who tends to be yin deficient and in wom it typically
develops into wind-heat)
- Promotes urination; relieves PUD (hot or bloody PUD,
especially before or after giving birth)
Other Notes:
- Shown effective in treating congestive heart failure
Contraindications:
- (cc: SP and ST cold from deficiency with loose stool)
- (cc: exterior disorders)
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