Bi Xie
萆薢 bì xiè

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Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

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	Tastes: Bitter		Dosage: 9-15g

	Cautions: None noted		Meridians: Urinary Bladder , Liver , Stomach
	Preparation: • Powdery • Sichuan • Dry-fried • Wine-fried • Salt-fried		Quality: Good quality - (sliced product) consists of yellowish white, thin, large, slightly elastic, and unfragmented slices
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas There are no known formulas that contain this herb at this time

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Pharmaceutical: Herba Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae

Botanical: Dioscorea Collettii Hook.f.var.hypoglauca Palibin

Japanese: hikai

Korean: bihae

Common: fish-poison yam rhizome, tokoro

Temperature: Neutral

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Separates the pure from the turbid add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Expels Wind-Dampness add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Cloudy urine add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Vaginal discharge add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Turbid dampness in the lower burner (due to deficiency or damp heat) add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Wind dampness add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Damp heat painful obstruction add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Lower back pain add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Stiffness of the lower extremities add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Muscle aches add comment

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

Bi Xie萆薢 bì xiè