Properties: Sweet, cold
Meridans Entered:
Primary: Heart and Stomach
Traditional Actions/Indications:
- Clears Heat, cools Blood and resolves Toxicity
Erysipelas, sores, macula due to Heat-Toxin
Thirst with high fever
Typhoid with Heat disease
Suggested Daily Dosage: 6-9g in decoction.
Notes:
This is the peculiar method of decocting licorice with human faeces and included primarily as an example of some of the more bizarre drugs in ancient Chinese medicine. It does appear to still be in use today as the TCMWiki page suggests and the research by Shi and Zhang (2018) implies it may have been an early form of microbial medicine.
Does not appear in any formulae listed on this site
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Reference Notes:
Individual herb information has sourced mainly from TCM Wiki and American Dragon for basic data and then updated manually with my own notes. Zhou, Xie and Yan (2011): Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Vol. 5, and A+ Medical Encyclopaedia have been used for entries not available from those sources with additional material searched for and filled in where available. Western herbs not appearing in the Chinese literature have used Ross (2010): Combining Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine: A Clinical Materia Medica, White Rabbit Institute of Healing and therapeutika.ch. Choices of which source to use or combine have been my own.
These pages are intended to assist clinicians and are not intended for self-diagnosis or treatment for which a qualified professional should be consulted. Actions and indications are taken from traditional uses and do not necessarily reflect the evidence base which should be researched independently. Dosages are for guidance only and will vary dependening on the potency of the batch and the tolerance of the individual so should be evaluated by a professional based on individual needs.
