Bai Wei
白薇 bái wěi

Category:

Clear Heat

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Bitter , Salty		Dosage: 3-12g

	Cautions: None noted		Meridians: Lung , Kidney , Stomach
	Preparation: • Fresh • Honey-prepared • Dry-fried		Quality: Good quality - thick (1 cm) and long roots with a compact center and a yellowish brown surface
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (2) jiā jiǎn wēi ruí tāng (Modiified Polygonatum Odoratum Decoction) wēi ruí tāng (Polygonatum Odoratum Decoction)

Family:

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Radix Cynanchi Baiwei

Botanical: Cynanchum Atratum Bge., Cynanchum Versicolor Bge.

Japanese: byakubi

Korean: baekmi

Common: swallowwort root, cynanchi root

Temperature: Cold

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Clears heat and Cools the blood add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Relieves toxicity add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Promotes urination add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Fever add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Heat entering the nutritive or blood levels add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Persistent summertime fever in children add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Lingering fever in the sequela of a warm-heat pathogen disease that injures blood or yin add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Yin deficient fever add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Toxic sores add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Swollen and painful throat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Hot or painful bloody urinary dribbling especially before or after giving birth add comment

Bai Wei白薇 bái wěi