Rx Heraclei = Bai yun hua gen

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Hi All,

 

Yehuda wrote:

> A patient asked about a " chinese " herb that he read treats pediatric

> anxiety and irritability.  The botanical name is Rx Heraclei,  and the

> only references I found relating to it mention Duohuo and Shengma,

> which clearly do not appear to treat the indications.  Can anyone tell

> me what this herb is in Pinyin, what its properties, flavors, channels

> entering and indications are?  

 

Yehuda, Rx Heraclei is Bai yun hua gen.

 

I have little on that herb on file but WWW has many data on it. If

you summarise the data from WWW, I would appreciate a copy.

 

For details, see http://tinyurl.com/7q3wxc

 

If you can translate Chinese, see: http://tinyurl.com/89hjfc or

http://tinyurl.com/8z3xro

 

My summary (from 2 pages in English & one Chinese page at

http://www.huaxia.com/hxjk/zhyx/bcyf/2008/12/1270653.html ):

 

PINYIN NAME: Baiyunhuagen; Yunnanduhuo; Tuquangui; Yanchuan; Yanghuo;

Yanghuogu; Faluohai; Duhuo [NOT Angelica pubescens]; Baiyunhua;

Baimaoshen; Xiangbaizhi; Heqingduhuo; ??Tianduhuo / ??Dianduhuo;

??Maozhuashen / ??Maozhaoshen

 

LATIN NAME: Heraclei repulae Rx

 

ENGLISH NAME: Yunnan Cowparsnip Rx??

 

NATURE: Warm; non-TOXIC at proper dose Bitter / Bitter~ slightly;

Acrid

 

DOSE: As Dec: 3-9g; as fine powder 1-1.5g / time in lukewarm boiled

water; as Topical: qs Dec as wash

 

ACTIONS: Dispel Wind; Dispel Damp; Activate Luo; Ease Pain; Disperse

Xueyu pain; Antiinflammation; Antiarthritis; Ease Cough; Ease Asthma;

Antistress; Stabilise CNS; Boost attentiveness & awareness; Calm

hyperactivity~ pediatric

 

USES: Wind Cold Damp Bi / Wind Damp (rheumatoid) Sinew & Bone ache &

pain, trauma, bruises & fractures (Dieda Sunshang), Xueyu pain;

trauma w Xueyu & swelling; loin pain, ST pain, Ganmao esp Wind Cold

Ganmao, cough; Xu Cold cough; bronchitis~ chronic, asthma; abdomen

pain; toothache; amenorrhea w abdomen pain, leukorrhea; hernia ache /

pain; hyperactivity~ pediatric; stress / frustration causing body &

emotional rigidity & stress, inattentiveness & lack of awareness;

cook in meat soup to Tx male KI Insufficiency / female body Xu w

amenorrhoea;

 

CAUTION: AVOID in pregnancy & in LU Heat cough & asthma

 

Many thanks,

Best regards,