Bai Zhi
白芷 bái zhǐ, "chinese angelica root"

Category:

Release the Exterior (Diaphoretics)

Warm Acrid Herbs that Release Exterior

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Acrid		Dosage: 3-9g

	Cautions: Contraindicated in cases of Blood and Yin deficiencies due to being very drying; Use with caution if pus drains smoothly from sores		Meridians: Lung , Spleen , Stomach
	Preparation: • Dry-fried • Charred		Quality: Good quality - big single roots with greyish brown or yellowish brown surface, white starchy cross section, intense, aromatic fragrance, and no holes, black spots, or oil channels in the center
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (Revised edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (20) cāng ér zǐ sǎn (Xanthium Powder) chái gé jiě jī tāng (Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction to Release the Muscle Layer Decoction) chōng hé tāng (Flush and Harmonize Decoction) chuān xiōng chá tiáo sǎn (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Powder to be Taken with Gree) dà qiāng huó tāng (Major Notopterygium Decoction) dà qín jiāo tāng (Major Gentiana Qinjiao Decoction) huò xiāng zhèng qì sǎn (Agastache powder to Rectify the Qi) Huo Xue Zhi Tong San (Move Blood Stop Pain Powder) jiǔ wèi qiāng huó tāng (Nine-herb Decoction with Notopterygium) Jiǔ wèi qiāng huó tāng (Nine-Herb Decoction with Notopterygium from the Analytic Collection) niú huáng shàng qīng wán (Cattle Gallstone Pill to Ascend and Clear) qīng shī huà tán tāng (Clear Dampness and Transform Phlegm Decoction) shū fēng huò xuè tāng (Disperse Wind and Invigorate Blood Decoction) shū jīng huó xuè tāng (Relax the Channels and Invigorate the Blood Decoction) wǔ jī sǎn (Five Accumulation Powder) wū yào shùn qì sǎn (Lindera Powder to Smooth the Flow of Qi) Xiān Fāng Huó Mìng Yǐn (Sublime Formula for Sustaining Life) xiāo fēng sǎn (Eliminate Wind Powder from Effecctive Formulas) xīn yí sǎn (Magnolia Flower Powder) yù zhēn sǎn (True Jade Powder)

Family:

Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Radix Angelicae Dahuricae

Botanical: Angelica dahurica (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) Benth. et Hook f.

Japanese: byakushi

Korean: baekji

Common: angelica root

Temperature: Warm

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Bai Zhi白芷 bái zhǐ, "chinese angelica root"

Bai Zhi
白芷 bái zhǐ, "chinese angelica root"