Properties: Cold, Toxic
Meridans Entered:
Primary: Large Intestine, Stomach
Traditional Actions/Indications:
- Kills Parasites, induces purges stagnation
Formed into pills and swallowed to induce purgation through the bowel (pill can be reused!)
Soaked in wine or wine was poured into an antimony cup and left for 24 hours to make antimony tartrate which strongly induces vomiting. Small amounts wer consumed until the desired effect was observed.
Suggested Daily Dosage: Melted and made into pills, or soaked for 24 hours in wine.
Cautions: Acute poisoning induces vomiting, watery diarrhea, collapse, irregular respiration, and hypothermia. Chronic exposure may be carcinogenic.
Notes:
Mainly used in European and Middle Eastern medicine from where information is taken.
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.
