| Pharmaceutical Name: |
Cacumen Biotae |
| Botanical Name: |
Biota orientalis (L.) Endl. |
| Common Name: |
Biota tops
Arborvitae tops |
| Source of Earliest Record: |
Mingyi Bielu |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
The leafy twigs are gathered all year round. They are dried in a shady place and cut into pieces. |
| Properties and Taste: |
Bitter, astringent and slightly cold |
| Meridian: |
Lung, liver, and large intestine |
| Functions: |
To cool blood and stop bleeding |
| Indications and Combinations: |
1. Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood by heat manifested as cough with blood, vomiting with blood, epistaxis, hematuria and uterine bleeding.
*Use with Japanese thistle (Daji), Small thistle (Xiaoji) and Imperata rhizome (Baimaogen).
2. Hemorrhages due to deficiency and cold.
*Use with Mugwort leaf (Aiye).
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| Dosage: |
10-15 g |
