Xie Bai
| Xie Bai in TCM:Explore the properties of Xie Bai according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: bakeri, long-stamen onion bulb
Pharmacuetical Name: Bulbus Allii Macrostemonis
Properties: acrid, bitter, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: LU, LI, ST
Flavors: bitter, pungent
Special Properties:
circulates qi, disperses cold, clears damp, resolves phlegm
Actions / Indications:
- Unblocks yang qi; dispels cold phlegm (chest bi:
damp-cold painful obstruction of the chest due to cold turbid phlegm
congealing and blocking yang qi; pain in chest, cold stagnation with
epigastric fullness, distension, abdominal pain;flank, upper back; dyspnea,
cough, wheeze, SOB, stifling sensation in chest; blood stasis in HT
channel with stabbing pain)
- Promotes movement of qi; Reduces stagnation (damp
stagnation in Large Intestine with dysenteric disorders, diarrhea or
dysentary with rectal tenesmus)
- (cc: qi deficiency)
- (cc: not for long term use with peptic ulcers)
Special Notes:
- Pharmacologically Xie Bai is an antibiotic that also inhibits clotting
time. Use with caution with Warfarin, Heparin, Enoxaparin, etc...
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