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Bai Zhi Angelica Root - Chinese Herbal Medicine

Bai Zhi Names

  • English Name: Angelica Root
  • Pinyin Name: Bai Zhi

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Bai Zhi Cautions


    Contraindication Notes:

    • Avoid in Yin/Blood deficiency
    • Avoid in Heat in the Blood

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Bai Zhi Clinical Usages and Indications

  • Expels wind-cold, dampness
  • Opens nasal passages, sinus congestion (particularly with green discharge), alleviates pain (especially in the head region)
  • Resolve wind-cold symptoms especially with headaches (yangming - ST), supraorbital pain, congestion
  • Useful for swollen gums and toothache

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Bai Zhi Dosage and Prep Notes

  • Dosage: 3-9g

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Bai Zhi Appears In 9 Formulas

Bao Ji Wan

  • Po Chai Pills

  • Empirical formula for food poisioning.  Also useful for overeating, excessive drinking - over indulgence in general.  Symptoms include abdominal pain, bloating, belching, reflux, nausea, vomiting, aversion to food, possibly diarrhea.

  • Clear Heat
  • Clear Heat From The Organs

Bi Yan Wan

Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao Wan

  • Ligusticum Tea Pills
    • Headaches, primarily from wind-cold (but used with wind-heat/wind-damp), with neck stiffness, muscle aches and/or nasal discharge.
    • In certain cases may be useful for migraines, frequent headaches - particularly when they are influenced by cold weather and/or changing from warm to cold environments.
    • Rhinitis, sinusitis.
  • Expel Wind
  • Release Wind from the Skin and Channels
  • Cautions
  • Pregnancy
    • Use only with direction during pregnancy.
    • Avoid in cases of headache from liver yang rising or deficiencies of qi and/or blood.

Fu Fang Qing Dai Wan

Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan

  • Agastache Powder to Correct the Qi

  • Fever w/chills, chest oppression, abdominal pain, nausea, possibly vomiting and/or diarrhea, loss of taste, headache.

    The Pulse will be soggy and moderate and the Tongue will have a white greasy coating.

  • Expel Dampness
  • Transform Damp Turbidity

Pian Tou Tong Wan

Te Xiao Bi Min Gan Wan

  • Specially Effective Nasal Allergy Pills
    • Generally useful for a range of allergy symptoms - seasonal allergies, rhinitis, sinusitis.  Can be used both as a preventative and as a symptomatic aid for allergies.  
  • Tonify
  • Tonify the Qi

Te Xiao Jing Zhui Tong Wan

Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Wan

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