Cong Bai
| Cong Bai in TCM:Explore the properties of Cong Bai according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: allium, scallion, green onion
Pharmacuetical Name: Bulbus Allii Fistulosi
Properties: acrid, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: LU, ST
Flavors: pungent
Special Properties:
disperses cold, eliminates toxins, disperses wind, reduces swelling
Actions / Indications:
- Releases exterior; induces sweating (for early stage
wind-cold; can cook with ginger to make a tea or with rice for food)
- Disperses cold; unlock yang (abdominal pain, distension;
nasal congestion due to cold-blocked yang qi)
- Relieves Toxicity; disperses clumps (aids lactation
by unblocking breasts; for sores and abcesses: used externally as poultice)
Special Notes:
- (cooking: add near the end of the decoction)
- Cong Bai as a topical paste with Sheng Jiang
and salt was used to treat common cold with marked results. Paste was
applied to chest, back, soles, palms, and popliteal fossa for 1 to 2
days.
Contraindications:
- (cc: caution for deficiency with sweating)
- (cc: according to some sources, do not use with honey when taken orally)
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