Niu Bang Zi Great Burdock Fruit, Arctium - Chinese Herbal Medicine
Niu Bang Zi Names
- English Name: Great Burdock Fruit, Arctium
- Pinyin Name: Niu Bang Zi
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Niu Bang Zi Cautions
- Avoid in qi deficiency, diarrhea, lack of excess heat.
- Avoid when open sores and/or carbuncles are present.
Contraindication Notes:
Niu Bang Zi Clinical Usages and Indications
- Expels wind-heat (acrid), benefits throat - fever, cough, sore, red, swollen throat.
- Clears heat (bitter, cold), relieves toxicity, vents rashes - red swellings, carbuncles, mumps, acute febrile rashes, early stages of measles with incomplete expression.
- Moistens intestines (rich plant oil - slippery) - constipation due to wind-heat (cold nature of the herb).
Niu Bang Zi Dosage and Prep Notes
- Dosage: 3-9g
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Clinician Notes
- Compare with Bo He, Chan Tui, Jing Jie, Jiang Can for the treatment of skin diseases; Niu Bang Zi is the coldest of the herbs in this class.
- Does not induce sweating.
Niu Bang Zi Appears In 3 Formulas
Bu Fei Er Jiao Wan
- Tonify the Lungs Formula with Gelatin
- Lung yin deficiency with strong heat signs and/or bleeding - chronic dry cough, wheezing, pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma, tuberculosis, COPD.
- Stops bleeding when it arises from lung yin deficiency - mild bloody sputum with dry cough.
- Treat Dryness
- Gently Disperse and Moisten Dryness
- Cautions
- Avoid in patients with wind-cold (i.e. "common cold").
- Avoid when there are profuse amounts of blood in the sputum.
- Avoid, or use with caution, in patients with stomach and/or spleen deficiencies, particularly with phlegm accumulation.
Xiao Feng Wan
- Clear Wind Pill
- Itchy and red skin lesions, possibly with weeping -psoriasis, eczema, acne, etc.
- Topical allergic response, dermatitis -poison ivy, oak, sumac.
- Acute [allergic] edema in the limbs.
- Expel Wind
- Release Wind from the Skin and Channels
- Cautions
- Use with caution with patients that present with yin and or blood deficiency.
Yin Qiao Wan
- Honeysuckle and Forsythia Formula
- Common cold or flu presenting with fever w/slight or no chills, headache, desire for fluids, cough, sore throat.
- Acute respitory infections, acute fever, tonsillitis, canker sores.
- Release the Exterior
- Release Exterior Wind Heat
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