Traditional Chinese Medicine/Chai Hu

Name Means:
 * Chai-Firewood
 * Hu-Beard

English Name:
 * bupleurum
 * hare's ear root
 * thorowax root

Chinese Name:
 * 柴胡 (Pinyin: chái hú)

Latin Name:
 * Radix Bupleuri

Taste & Temperature:
 * ../Xin-Spicy/
 * ../Ku-Bitter/
 * ../Liang-Cool/

Channels:
 * Foot Jue Yin of Liver
 * Foot Shao Yang of Gall Bladder
 * Hand Jue Yin of Pericardium
 * Hand Shao Yang of San Jiao

Actions & Indications:
 * disperse Wind-Heat (Spicy & Cool)
 * raise Yang Qi
 * Middle Jiao Qi sinking
 * resolve Shao Yang disorders & reduce fever
 * soothe Liver Qi

Contraindication:
 * Qi & Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating
 * Yin deficiency couch
 * Liver Fire ascending to head
 * can occasionally cause Nausea or Vomiting

Caution:
 * Yin syndrome
 * Blood deficiency
 * chronic skin infection

Dosage:
 * 1-4 qian (3-12 grams)

back to:
 * ../Xin Liang Jie Biao/
 * ../TCM Materia Medica/