Bai Zhi Angelica Root - Chinese Herbal Medicine
Bai Zhi Names
- English Name: Angelica Root
- Pinyin Name: Bai Zhi
Bai Zhi Image
Bai Zhi Cautions
- Avoid in Yin/Blood deficiency
- Avoid in Heat in the Blood
Contraindication Notes:
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
Bai Zhi Dosage and Prep Notes
- Dosage: 3-9g
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Bai Zhi Appears In 12 Formulas
Bao Ji Wan
- Protect and Relieve Pills
- Cramping and/or painful distension of the abdomen.
- Foul smelling belching or gas with diarrhea due to heat in the intestine.
- May alleviate some hangover symptoms.
- Also useful to treat food poisoning.
- Clear Heat
- Clear Heat From The Organs
Bi Yan Wan
- Nose Inflammation Tablets
- For acute or chronic rhinitis resulting from the combination of lung qi deficiency and phlegm accumulation.
- Runny nose, sneezing, congestion due to phlegm.
- Can be used to treat for general cold or flu symptoms due to phlegm and wind.
- Treat Phlegm
- Transform Phlegm and Extinguish Wind
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
- Indigo Combo Pills
- Itching, rashes, general skin irritation especially of the type that moves around or is intermittent.
- Insect bites, allergic contact dermatitis, poison ivy/oak/sumac, sun burn.
- Clear Heat
- Clear Heat From The Nutritive Level and Cool The Blood
- Cautions
- Do not use for damp heat skin conditions such as boils or carbuncle.
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan
- Agastache Powder to Correct the Qi
- Acute flu or cold symptoms including fever, aversion to cold, headaches, sinus pressure, runny nose.
- Vomitting and diarrhea from interior damp with possible abdominal cramps or pains.
- Expel Dampness
- Transform Damp Turbidity
- Cautions
- Not suitable for patients that present with yin and/or blood deficiency.
Pian Tou Tong Wan
- Migraine Pills
- Headaches and/or migraines caused by liver yang or liver fire rising.
- Harmonize
- Regulate and Harmonize the Liver and Spleen
Shu Jing Huo Xue Wan
- Relax The Channels and Invigorate The Blood Decoction
- Primarily used for blood stasis with wind-damp in the channels and collaterals characterized by internal deficiency with external excesses - joint pain, muscle aches, numbness and/or pain in the lower extremities (may be severe).
- Wind-cold damp bi-syndrome (i.e. arthritis) - particularly in the lower part of the body, hips, knees, lower back.
- Sciatic pain with the correct underlying pattern.
- Neck pain with the correct underling pattern.
- Fractures that are reluctant to heal, particularly in the lower body.
- Invigorate the Blood
- Invigorate the Blood and Dispel Blood Stasis
- Cautions
- Pregnancy
- Avoid during pregnancy.
- Generally not for long term use and use with caution if at all in deficient patients.
Te Xiao Bi Min Gan Wan
- Specially Effective Nasal Allergy Pills
- Generally useful for a range of allergy symptoms - seasonal allergies, rhinitis, sinusitis, dry or watery eyes, sinus headaches, etc. Can be used both as a preventative and as a symptomatic aid for allergies.
- Tonify
- Tonify the Qi
Te Xiao Jing Zhui Tong Wan
- Patent Neck Pain Relief Pills
- Stiffness, pain, and/or tightness of the neck.
- Invigorate the Blood
- Invigorate the Blood and Dispel Blood Stasis
Tong Qiao Huo Xue Wan
- Unblock the Orifices and Invigorate the Blood Decoction
- Blood stagnation particularly in the head - migraines and/or headaches with other sensory factors - auras, sound sensitivity, etc.
- Dizziness, tinnitus, hair loss - with underlying blood stagnation signs.
- Stroke, seizure disorder, post concussion headaches.
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
- Invigorate the Blood
- Invigorate the Blood and Dispel Blood Stasis
- Cautions
- Pregnancy
- Avoid during pregnancy.
- Avoid with heavy menstrual bleeding.
- Use only under direction if you are taking blood thinners.
- Generally not for long term use.
Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin Wan
- Immortals Formula For Sustaining Life
- Generally for short-term use with early stage heat toxins - sores, carbuncles, boils, styes, acne. Swollen and painful skin lesions with other heat signs (chills/fever).
- Breast abscesses, mastitis.
- Uses for rheumatoid arthritis and/or psoriasis with the right underlying diagnosis.
- Internal abscesses from blood stasis.
- Clear Heat
- Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity
- Cautions
- Generally not for long-term use.
- Use with caution with spleen qi deficiency.
- Avoid with yin fire.
Xin Yi Wan
- Magnolia Flower Powder
- Colds and/or allergies with cold signs (white mucus and/or no fever, etc.).
- Chronic sinus congestions / issues, chronic sinusitis, chronic rhinitis, loss of smell.
- Headaches from sinus congestion.
- Release the Exterior
- Release Exterior Disorders with Head and Neck Symptoms
- Cautions
- Avoid in patients with heat signs.
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