Pinyin: Bai Fu Zi  Chinese: 白附子
Pharmaceutical: Rhizoma Typhonii
Taxonomy: Typhonium giganteum
English: Giant Typhonium Rhizome

Tastes: Pungent, warm, toxic
Meridians Entered: Liver

Actions & Indications:

1. Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm, expels Wind and stops spasms
   Wind-Phlegm affecting the head causing Wind-Stroke with facial paralysis, hemiplegia, tetany, severe lateral headache or migraine headaches
   Wind-stroke with profuse Phlegm welling up in the throat, impairing speech
2. Relieves toxicity and dissipates nodules
   Phlegm toxicity (topical and fresh) (snakebite, scrofula, other nodules)
3. Dries Dampness and stops pain and itching (expels Wind-Cold-Dampness)
   Wind-Cold-Damp Bi Damp skin problems (eczema) (powder and apply topically)

Standard Dosage: 3-5g in decoction.
Cautions: This herb is pungent, warm, dry and drastic. So it is not suitable for yin deficiency and blood deficiency or exuberant heat with stirring of wind and the pregnant women. Unprocessed herb should not be taken orally.

Pinyin: Bai Jiang Can  Chinese: 白僵蠶
Pharmaceutical: Bombyx Batryticatus
English: Silkworm

Tastes: Salty, pungent, neutral
Meridians Entered: Liver and Lung

Actions & Indications:

1. Extinguishes Wind and stops spasms and convulsions
   Childhood convulsions and facial paralysis Seizures due to Liver Wind or especially Wind-Phlegm-Heat
2. Dispels Wind, disperses Wind-Heat and stops itching and pain
   Headache, red eyes, a sore, swollen throat and itching skin lesions such as Wind-Rash from externally contracted Wind-Heat or Liver Wind Loss of voice
3. Transforms Phlegm, softens hardness, eliminates toxins and dissipates nodules
   Phlegm-Heat scrofula and other Phlegm nodules
4. Removes the Three Worms
   Said in the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing that it removes the Three Worms. These may refer to difficult to treat metabolic disorders caused by overindulgence and should be accompanied by fasting, meditation and exercise regimes.

Standard Dosage: 3-10g in decoction.
Cautions: Animal products are prohibited from use in the UK under the Medicines Act 1968 ch. 67 which restricts herbalists to the use of plant products only. It is generally substituted with Tian Ma and Tian Zhu Huang.

Pinyin: Quan Xie  Chinese: 全蝎
Pharmaceutical: Buthus Martensi
Taxonomy: Buthus Martensii
English: Scorpion

Tastes: Pungent, neutral, toxic
Meridians Entered: Liver

Actions & Indications:

1. Extinguishes Wind and stops tremors and convulsions
   Liver Wind and Wind-Phlegm-Heat with spasms, acute or chronic childhood convulsions, tetany, opisthotonos, tics, muscular tetany, and seizures
2. Tracks down Wind, unblocks the collaterals and stops pain
   Stubborn headaches and Bipain
3. Attacks and relieves Fire toxins and dissipates nodules and rashes
   Topically for toxic sores, swellings scrofula (Chuang Yung) and cancer

Standard Dosage: 2-5g in decoction.
Cautions: It is toxic, so large dose of it should not be used. It is contraindicated for pregnant women.

Animal products are prohibited from use in the UK under the Medicines Act 1968 ch. 67 which restricts herbalists to the use of plant products only. It is generally substituted with Gou Teng and Tian Zhu Huang.