INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: BA YUE ZHA

Pharmaceutical Latin: Fructus Akebiae
Common English: Akebia Fruit

CATEGORY

Herbs that Regulate Qi

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Neutral
(Cold)
Liver
Stomach
6-30g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Dredges the Liver and regulates Qi and controls pain

Liver Qi Stagnation with chest and hypochondriac pain

Disharmony between the Liver and Stomach

Hernial disorders

Food Stagnation

Disperses clumps

Scrofula

Promotes urination

Urinary dysfunction

Invigorates Blood

Blood Stagnation

Kills intestinal parasites

Intestinal parasites

Removes toxin

Toxic Heat

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Use with caution during pregnancy.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Rz. Cyperi
Xiang Fu
Fr. Aurantii
Zhi Ke
Fr. Toosendan
Chuan Lian Zi

Thallus Eckloniae
Kun Bu
Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii
Zhe Bei Mu

Rz. Cyperi
Xiang Fu
Fr. Aurantii
Zhi Ke
Fr. Toosendan
Chuan Lian Zi
Rz. Corydalis
Yan Hu Suo

Liver and Stomach disharmony with chest and hypochondriac pain

Scrofula

Liver Qi Stagnation

NOTES

  • This herb has recently been used in the treatment of breast and digestive tract tumors.
  • It is used for urolithiasis.
  • It treats pain in the chest, epigastrium and testicles.
  • It treats fibrocystic breasts and abdominal masses.
  • It disseminates, unblocks and expels irritable Heat, facilitates urination and bowel movements, eases a patient's Heart, stops thirst and descends Qi.