Traditional Chinese Medicine/Shui Niu Jiao

Name Means:
 * Shui-Water
 * Niu-Buffalo
 * Jiao-Horn

English Name:
 * Water Buffalo Horn

Chinese Name:
 * 水牛角

Taste & Temperature:
 * ../Xian-Salty/
 * ../Han-Cold/

Channels:
 * Hand Shao Yin of Heart
 * Foot Jue Yin of Liver
 * Foot Yang Ming of Stomach

Actions & Indications:
 * Clear Heat & Cool Blood, for Heat in Blood level
 * Clear Blood Heat, stop bleeding
 * Clear Heat-Toxin
 * Clear Heat and suppress tremors
 * Replacement for ../Xi Jiao/ (Horn of the rhinoceros)

Contraindications:
 * Spleen/Stomach deficiency with diarrhea
 * Rashes in patients with deficient Qi and without high fever

Caution:
 * pregnancy

Antagonizes:
 * Shui Niu Jiao antagonizes
 * ../Chuan Wu/
 * ../Cao Wu/
 * ../Lei Wan/

Dosage:
 * Thin Slices: 10-40 qian (30-120 grams)
 * Powdered: 2-5 qian (6-15 grams)

back to:
 * ../Qing_Re_Liang_Xue/
 * ../TCM Materia Medica/