She Gan
| She Gan in TCM:Explore the properties of She Gan according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: belamcanda, blackberry lilly rhizome
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Belamcandae
Properties: bitter, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: LU
Flavors: bitter
Special Properties:
clears heat, eliminates toxins, resolves phlegm
Actions / Indications:
- Clears toxic heat; benefits throat (pain and swelling
of throat due to fire excess, toxin, or phlegm-heat obstruction; may
be used alone for mild or severe sore throat)
- Transforms phlegm; clears LU (dyspnea, coushing with
profuse sputum, coughing and wheezing due to phlegm-heat obstruction;
may combine with warm herbs to treat obstruction and blockage due to
cold phlegm)
- (cc: SP deficiency with diarrhea)
Special Notes:
- She Gan sedates LU heat and disperses phlegm, while Ma
Bo clears LU heat and benefits the throat.
- She Gan and Shan Dou Gen have similar actions to clear heat, shan
dou gen is stronger to sedate fire.
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