Xi Xin
細辛 xì xīn, "thin acrid"

Category:

Release the Exterior (Diaphoretics)

Warm Acrid Herbs that Release Exterior

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Acrid		Dosage: 1-3g

	Cautions: Contraindicated in profuse sweating from Qi Deficiency, headaches or cough due to Yin Deficiency; Overdose or too short of a boiling time during decoction can cause toxic effects; incompatible with Li Lu		Meridians: Lung , Heart , Kidney
	Preparation: • Powdered and sucked directly into affected area for nasal and oral problems • Honey-fried		Quality: Good quality - many elongated, slender, greyish yellow roots, green leaves, and a hot, acrid taste
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (19) chuān xiōng chá tiáo sǎn (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Powder to be Taken with Gree) dà huáng fù zǐ tāng (Rhubarb and Prepared Aconite Decoction) dà qiāng huó tāng (Major Notopterygium Decoction) dà qín jiāo tāng (Major Gentiana Qinjiao Decoction) dāng guī sì nì tāng (Tangkuei Decoction for Frigid Extremities) dú huó jì shēng tāng (Angelica Pubescens and Sang-Ji-Sheng Decoction) jiǔ wèi qiāng huó tāng (Nine-herb Decoction with Notopterygium) Jiǔ wèi qiāng huó tāng (Nine-Herb Decoction with Notopterygium from the Analytic Collection) lìng gān wǔ wèi jiāng xīn tāng (Poria, Licorice, Schisandra, Ginger and Asarum Decoction) má huáng xì xīn fù zǐ tāng (Ephedra Asarum and Prepared Aconite Decoction) qū fēng zhì bǎo dān (Greatest Treasure Special Pill to Dispel Wind) sān bì tāng (Three Painful Obstruction Decoction) shè gān má huáng tāng (Belamcanda and Ephedra Decoction) tōng guān sǎn (Open the Gate Powder) wū méi wán (Mume Pill) xiǎo qīng lóng jiā shí gāo tāng (Minor Bluegreen Dragon Decoction plus Gypsum) xiǎo qīng lóng tāng (Minor Blue-green Dragon Decoction) xīn yí sǎn (Magnolia Flower Powder) zài zào sǎn (Renewal Powder)

Family:

Aristolochiaceae

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Herba cum Radice Asari

Botanical: Asarum Heterotropoides Fr. Var Mandshuricum (maxim.) Litag., Asarum Sieboldii Miq. Var. Seoulense Nakai, Asarum Sieboldii Miq.

Japanese: saishin

Korean: sesin

Common: Chinese wild ginger, asarum

Temperature: Warm

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Disperses cold and Releases Exterior add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Warms the Lungs and Transforms Thin Mucus add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Disperses and unblocks the qi of the nasal passages add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Externally contracted Wind Cold with dominant symptoms of Headache and Body Aches add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Painful obstruction add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Abdominal pain add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Toothache add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Fullness in the chest add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Continuous cough add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Nasal congestion add comment

	+1 Aumkar Mahabodha For Shao Yin stage. add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Oral pathology add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Some types of loss of consciousness add comment

Xi Xin細辛 xì xīn, "thin acrid"

Xi Xin
細辛 xì xīn, "thin acrid"