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	+1 Tamara Gavin Added ''Suggestion'' "Cystitis - inflammation of the bladder - burning urine and pain, add the watermelon rind (Xi Gua) and sheets of white bamboo (Zhu Ye ) + sheet of mulberry (Sang Ye) - ½ hours after, the urine comes out normal." to: Dan Zhu Ye (淡竹葉, bland bamboo leaves) add comment

	+1 Denise Estrada Added ''Suggestion'' "Pair w/Gan Jiang to reduce the toxic effect." to: Zhi Fu Zi (製附子, appendage) add comment

	+2 Clifford Lee Added ''Suggestion'' "Korean: t'ugolch'o" to: Tou Gu Cao (透骨草, Penetrate the bone herb) add comment

	+1 Tamara Gavin Added ''Suggestion'' "Tonifies Qi and Yin." to: Xi Yang Shen (西洋参, western foreign ginseng) add comment

	+1 Tamara Gavin Added ''Suggestion'' "Used for seasoning in Chinese cooking" to: Chun Pi (椿皮, toon bark) add comment

	+1 Tamara Gavin Added ''Suggestion'' "Tonify the Yin." to: Chun Pi (椿皮, toon bark) add comment

	+1 Tamara Gavin Added ''Suggestion'' "Cools the blood and stop the bleeding." to: Chun Pi (椿皮, toon bark) add comment

Tamara Gavin

Added ''Suggestion'' "Common name: bile-processed arisaema root / Jack-in-the-Pulpit Rhizome & Bile / Prepared Jack in the Pulpit Rhizome

Botanical name: Arisaematis Rhizoma cum Felle Bovis / Rhizoma Arisaematis (Processed with Bile) / Arisaematis Rhizoma preparatum

Bitter, Cool

Liver Lung Spleen

Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat " to:

Dan Nan Xing
(膽南星 , bile-prepared arisaema)

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	+1 Tamara Gavin Added ''Suggestion'' "Calomel Calomeo mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2)" to: Qing Fen (輕粉, light powder) add comment

	+1 Christine Chang Added ''Suggestion'' "wrong spices of Fang Ji, cause harm for Kidney failure" to: Guang Fang Ji (廣防己, prevent oneself) add comment

GP Van Eron

Added ''Suggestion'' "Hello,

If anyone can offer a suitable 'plant-based' replacement for this ingredient it would be much appreciated.

Especially in the case of Heat Clearing / Yin nourishing formulas.

Thank you,

万侨医" to:

Xi Jiao
(犀角, rhinoceros horn)

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	+1 Laura Drago Added ''Suggestion'' "Especially useful in children (under T&T issues)" to: Qian Shi (芡實, euryale seed) add comment

	+1 Laura Drago Added ''Suggestion'' "Mild effect for bleeding and is usually accompanied by other herbs." to: Lian Xu (蓮鬚, lotus stamen beard; white lotus beard) add comment

Andrea Murchison
(Rootdown Editor)

Added ''Suggestion'' "Chronic Virus, like some forms of Cox Sackie Virus. A doctor in Torrance, CA is using (Ku Shen, 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." to:

Ku Shen
(苦參, bitter root)

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	+2 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Added ''Suggestion'' "4. With Xiong Huang as a topically-applied powder for sweat blotches (multiple macular patches of varying size, such as those found in tinea versicolor);" to: Bai Fu Zi (白附子, white appendage) add comment

	+2 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Added ''Suggestion'' "3. With Jiang Can and Quan Xie for facial paralysis and hemiplegia due to Wind-Stroke and Phlegm obstruction of the channels;" to: Bai Fu Zi (白附子, white appendage) add comment

	+2 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Added ''Suggestion'' "2. With Bai Zhi and Chuan Xiong for headache due to ascending Wind-Phlegm;" to: Bai Fu Zi (白附子, white appendage) add comment

	+2 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Added ''Suggestion'' "1. With Tian Nan Xing, Ban Xia and Tian Ma for Wind-Phlegm causing convulsions;" to: Bai Fu Zi (白附子, white appendage) add comment

	+2 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Added ''Suggestion'' "5. With Ru Xiang, Mo Yao and Mu Bie Zi to accelerate the ulcerating process (used topically);" to: Ba Dou (巴豆, "clinging bean") add comment

	+2 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Added ''Suggestion'' "4. With Jie Geng and Bei Mu for Lung abscess with cough, chest pain, and copious, fishy-smelling sputum;" to: Ba Dou (巴豆, "clinging bean") add comment

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