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Ku Shen
苦參
kǔ shēn
, "bitter root"
Category:
Clear Heat
Clear Heat and Dry Dampness
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Tastes:
Bitter
Dosage:
3-9g
Cautions:
Contraindicated in cases of Cold from Deficiency of the Spleen or Stomach. It should not be consulted with Veratri nigri Radix et Rhizoma (li lu)
Meridians:
Urinary Bladder
,
Heart
,
Liver
,
Stomach
,
Large Intestine
,
Small Intestine
Preparation:
• Dry-fried
Quality:
Good quality - uniform root with a yellowish white cross section and an extremely bitter taste
Reference Source:
Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')
Notes:
No notes at this time
Formulas
(2)
shé chuáng zǐ sǎn (Cnidium Powder)
xiāo fēng sǎn (Eliminate Wind Powder)
Family:
Fabaceae (Leguminosae, Papilionoidaceae)
Alternate Names:
Pharmaceutical:
Radix Sophorae Flavescentis
Botanical:
Sophora Flavescens Ait.
Japanese:
kujin
Korean:
kosam
Common:
sophora root, flavescent sophora root
Temperature:
Cold
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Disperses Wind
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Promotes urination.
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Clears heat and dries dampness
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Kills parasites
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Stops itching
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Damp heat in the lower burner
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Jaundice
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Dysenteric disorder
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Vaginal discharge
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Sores
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Damp toxic skin lesions or infestations with chronic itching, seepage, or bleeding
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Genital itching
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Vaginal discharge
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Damp heat in the Small Intestines
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Painful urinary dribbling
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Chronic Virus, like some forms of Cox Sackie Virus. A doctor in Torrance, CA is using (
(苦參, bitter root)
Ku Shen
, bitter root)
(苦參, bitter root)
Ku Shen
alone in the form "Marine Herb" in a study to relieve Cox Sackie/chronic fatigue symptoms. There is some limited success in this study, however since the patients are not diagnosed as we would do in Oriental Medicine, some are experiencing untoward side effects of dryness/yin deficiency especially liver yin and blood deficiency.
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