She Chuang Zi
| She Chuang Zi in TCM:Explore the properties of She Chuang Zi according to Chinese Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: cnidium fruit, common cnidum fruit
Pharmacuetical Name: Fructus Cnidii
Properties: acrid, bitter, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: KD
Flavors: bitter, pungent Tonifies: yang
Special Properties: clears damp, disperses wind, expels parasites
Applications:
- External Application: for powder or paste use dose appropriate for area; 15-30g in decoction for a wash or hot compress
- Internal Application: 3-9g
Actions / Indications:
- Dries dampness; Kills parasites; stops itching (external
use for weeping, itching skin lesions, especially in genital area; scabies
and ringworm, trichomoniasis, eczema)
- Warms KD; tonifies Yang (internal use for impotence
or infertility due to KD yang deficiency or cold womb)
- Disperses cold wind dampness (turbid white vaginal
discharge, external or internal use for vaginal discharge due to damp-cold
or lower back pain due to wind-damp-cold)
- (cc: damp heat in lower jiao)
- (cc: yin deficiency with heat signs)
Special Notes:
- Combine She Chuang Zi with Sang Ji Sheng, Du Zhong, Gou Ji, and Du Huo.
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