Di Gu Pi
地骨皮 dì gǔ pí, "earth bone bark"

Category:

Clear Heat

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Sweet , Bland		Dosage: 6-15g

	Cautions: Contraindicated for those with loose stools due to Spleen deficiency		Meridians: Lung , Liver , Kidney
	Preparation: No preparation data at this time		Quality: Good quality - large, thick, unfragmented quills without heartwood
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (10) dì gǔ pí yǐn (Lycium Root Bark Decoction) qī pí yǐn (Seven-Peel Decoction) qín jiāo biē jiǎ sǎn (Gentiana Qinjiao and Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Powder) qīng gǔ sǎn (Cool the Bones Powder) qīng jīng sǎn (Clear the Menses Powder) Qīng Xīn Líán Zǐ Yǐn (Lotus Seed Decoction to Clear the Heart) rén shēn huáng qí sǎn (Ginseng and Astragalus Powder) sāng dān xiè bái tāng (Mulberry Leaf and Moutan Decoction to Drain the White) wǔ pí yǐn (Five Peel Decoction) xiè bái sǎn (Drain the White powder)

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Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Cortex Lycii Radicis

Botanical: Lycium Chinense Mill., Lycium Barbarum L.

Japanese: jikoppi

Korean: jigolpi

Common: wolfberry root (cortex), lycium bark

Temperature: Cold

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Cools the blood and Reduces steaming add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Clears Heat and Stops cough add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Drains Floating Kidney Fire. add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Fever add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Night sweats add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Steaming bone disorder add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Irritability add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Toothache due floating fire in the Kidney channel add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Genital itching (external wash combined with other herbs) add comment

Di Gu Pi地骨皮 dì gǔ pí, "earth bone bark"