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Bai Xian Pi
Dictamni dasycarpi root bark
Also Known As:
Adiptam, Dittany, Fraxinella, Gas Plant,
Herba Dictamni Herba. Dictamnus albus.
Family: Rutaceae.
Bai Xian Pi Properties: BITTER -
COLD Dosage:
6 – 9g.
Dictamnus Root Bark Meridian: SPLEEN, STOMACH
-clears toxic heat and fire, expels
wind, dries damp – sores, carbuncles, rashes with excessive pus, moist
skin, jaundice
Also
Used For:
Orally,
Bai Xian Pi / Burning bush root is used for digestive and urogenital
disorders, and to promote hair growth.
Topically, burning bush root is used for eczema, impetigo, and
scabies.
Also In Chinese medicine (China and Korea), Bai Xian Pi Burning Bush
root is applied topically for arthritis, fever, hepatitis, skin
inflammation, thread fungus, uterine hemorrhages, to calm children crying
as a result of a nervous state, and as a sedative and tonic.
In folk medicine, Bai Xian Pi / Burning Bush root is used as a
diuretic and spasmolytic.
Historically, burning bush root was used for desiccation, epilepsy,
hysteria, worm infestations, and to promote menstruation.
In India, burning bush root is used for amenorrhea and birth control.
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Reference:
Benskey & Gamble 1986, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica,
Seattle Washington, Eastland
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Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica
Benskey and Gamble
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