Xi Xin
| Xi Xin in TCM:Explore the properties of Xi Xin according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: asarum, Chinese wild ginger, Manchurian wild ginger, Seoul wild ginger, Siebold wild ginger
Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Asari
Properties: slightly toxic,
acrid, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: LU, HT, KD
Flavors: toxic, pungent
Special Properties:
disperses cold, clears damp, disperses wind, resolves phlegm, alleviates bi syndrome
Actions / Indications:
- Release Exterior; disperse cold; alleviates pain
(exterior cold dampness with underlying yang deficiency: desire to curl
up in a fetal position with cold and fever; often when primary symptoms
are shao yin headaches and all-over body aches; toothache; wind-cold-damp
bi syndrome)
- Warms the LU; resolves phlegm (cough, copious watery
sputum, congested fluid; yin fluid retention with no heat signs)
- Unblocks nasal orifices (nasal congestion)
- Slightly toxic: Do not use more than
3g for any reason!! (however, in China they frequently use up to 7g
for severe Yang deficiency with cold coagulation - but don't try it
in the United States!)
- (cc: qi deficiency with profuse sweating)
- (cc: headache due to yin deficiency)
- (cc: cough due to yin deficiency)
- (note: incompatible with Li Lu)
Special Notes:
- Use with caution in renal problems as this herb can be nephrotoxic
- For oral lesions or ulcerations use Xi Xin with Huang
Lian.
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