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| Health Benefits |
| For: Hot flashes • Cough • Dypsnea • Wheezing • Diabetes • Hypertension • Bleeding • Hematuria • Nose bleeds • Bloody vomit • Bloody mucus |
| Attributes: Hypotensive • Antibiotic • Antipyretic • Antidiabetic |
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Constituents:
Betaine • Lyciumamide • Cinnamic acid • Lyciumins |
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Other Names: Variety: Lycium chinense Mill • Wolfberry bark
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| Pharmacopeias: Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing |
| Lycium barbarum is not in the USDA Plant Database. Drill down via USDA Interactive Map: |
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| Category: Clear Deficiency Heat ▶ |
| English: Lycium Root Bark Pinyin: Di Gu Pi Pharmaceutical: Cortex Lycii |
| Organs: Lung • Kidney Temperature: Cold |
| Taste: Sweet • Bland Toxicity: |
| Patterns: Lung heat • Steaming bone disorder with night sweats • Blood heat |
Actions: Clear lung heat • Cool blood • Stop bleeding • Relieve steaming bone disorder
Key 2nd Actions: Guide - SJ(UJ) • Stop Cough/Wheezing • Stop Sweating |
| Indications: Cough from lung heat • Yin deficiency blood heat • Bleeding • Nosebleed • Bloody vomit • Bloody mucus • Blood in urine • Diabetes • High blood pressure |
| Contraindications: Spleen and Stomach deficiency cold • Exterior wind cold or wind heat • True cold with false heat |
| Typical Dosage: 6g to 15g • Maximum dosage is 60g Guidelines |
| Parts Used: Bark of the root. [42] • Good quality - large, thick, unfragmented quills without heartwood.[25] |
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| Dui Yao |
| ■ DI GU PI/ SANG BAI PI: Cough and asthma with yellow, sticky and thick phlegm, fever and thirst due to LU Heat. Cough accompanied by evening fever with skin which is warm to the touch due to LU deficient Heat. Xie Bai San.[35] |
| Formulas with Di Gu Pi |
| Qing Gu San, Xie Bai San |
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Herbal medicine may interact negatively with pharma drugs and other herbs. Examples below:
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[3], [5], [8]
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