INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Rhizoma Paridis
Common English:	Paris Rhizome

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter	Slightly Cold (Cool) Slightly Toxic	Liver (Heart)	3-10g For cancers: 15-30g Tincture: 1-3ml

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Drains Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, reduces swelling and inflammation and stops pain	Toxic abscesses and sores (Chuang Yung), snakebite, bleeding due to trauma and pain from Stasis and swelling
Extinguishes Liver Wind and settles tremors	Liver Wind such as childhood convulsions and seizures

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Contraindicated for those with hard lumps characteristic of Yin natured sores.
Use with caution during pregnancy.
Use with caution for weak patients.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian (Flos Chrysanthemi) (Ye Ju Hua)	Hb. Hedyotis Diffusae Bai Hua She She Cao Rx. Scutellariae Barbatae Ban Zhi Lian	Ram. Uncariae cum Uncis Gou Teng Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui
Toxic swellings such as breast abscesses or throat Bi	Snakebite	Problems due to Liver Wind such as childhood convulsions, tremors or seizures
Sp. Prunellae Xia Ku Cao	Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao Rz. Belamcandae She Gan Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen	Olibanum Ru Xiang Myrrh Mo Yao Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo
Scrofula	Tonsillitis	Traumatic injury

This herb can be used externally alone or made into a paste with vinegar for snakebite and traumatic injuries.
Some sources say that this herb stops bleeding.
This is a Jue Yin channel herb and can cool and resolve Heat from Liver/Gallbladder constraint, extinguish Wind, and descend Qi.
It can also reduce swellings, dissolve Phlegm, promote water metabolism and expel Dampness.
Some researchers say that this herb's ability to resolve and expel toxicity is greater than Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying, Hb. Violae Zi Hua Di Ding or Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua.
Both Chong Lou and Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying resolve toxicity, reduce swelling and alleviate pain. Pu Gong Ying also promotes urination, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction and treats jaundice, while Chong Lou calms fright while cooling the Liver. It also resolves snakebite toxins and treats many types of cancers.