INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Cornu Saigae Tataricae Cornu Antelopis |
| Common English: | Antelope Horn |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Salty |
Cold |
Heart Liver (Lung) |
1-5g decocted by itself for at least 2 hours Powder: 0.3-0.5g |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Drains Liver Heat, calms the Liver, extinguishes Wind and controls spasms and convulsions |
Childhood seizure and convulsion disorder especially due to high fever Ying and Xue Stage Heat with stubborn high fevers Extreme Heat Generates Wind Liver Wind |
Calms the Liver and anchors the Yang |
An important substance for Liver Yang Rising with dizziness, vertigo, irritability, restlessness and splitting headaches |
Clears the Liver and improves vision |
Headache, red and swollen eyes or photophobia due to Blazing Liver Fire |
Drains Heat and clears Fire toxicity |
Heat Attacks the Pericardium with high fever, delirium, manic behavior and, in extreme case, loss of consciousness |
Clears Damp-Heat |
Wind-Damp-Heat Bi |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Ram. cum Uncis Uncaria |
Rx. Saposhnikoviae/Ledebouriellae |
Hb. Taxilli |
Convulsions and opisthotonis as-sociated with Liver Wind generated by Warm Febrile Disease |
Eclampsia due to Liver Yin Deficiency |
Eclampsia due to Liver Yin Deficiency |
Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae |
Cornu Bubali |
Concha Haliotidis |
Seizure disorders |
Wind-Stroke with problems speaking and moving the limbs |
Liver Yang Rising |
Concha Haliotidis |
Sm. Cassiae |
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Headache, vertigo, painful, red eyes pressure pain in the eyeball, blurred vision, nausea and vomiting due to Liver Fire Blazing Hypertension |
Red, swollen eyes de to Liver Fire |
Acute superficial visual obstruction not primarily due to Deficiency |
Gypsum Fibrosum |
Rx. Astragali |
Gypsum Fibrosum |
High fever, incoherent speech, maculae, and sometimes convulsions due to Warm heat pathogen |
Remnants of toxin near the end of a pox disease |
Skin rash and delirium due to high fever |
Ram. Mori |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Rx. Saposhnikoviae |
Wind-Damp-Heat Bi |
Dizziness and vertigo |
Epilepsy |
Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae |
Gypsum Fibrosum |
White Tiger Decoction |
Epilepsy with palpitations and fear |
High fever, delirium and convulsions |
High fever, delirium and subcutaneous bleeding |
- Because it clears Heat and toxins, it may be used for recalcitrant high fevers generating internal Wind.
- It is a very important substance for calming Liver Yang and treating acute Heat ailments with hard swelling.
- This herb is not as effective at clearing Heat and relieving toxicity as Cornu Rhinoceri Xi Jiao, but is more effective at relieving spasms and extinguishing Wind. In severe cases of coma and convulsion due to high fever, the “two horns” are often used together. This herb may substitute for Xi Jiao.
- Goat Horn, Cornu Naemorhedis Shan Yang Jiao is salty, cold, enters the Liver channel and has properties similar to this herb but is weaker. It pacifies the Liver, and treats Liver Fire or Liver Yang Rising. It can be used as a substitute in doses of 9-15 gm. It is combined with Ram. Uncariae cum Uncis Gou Teng, Rz. Gastrodiae Tian Ma, Concha Haliotidis Shi Jue Ming, and Rz. Paridis Chong Lou, for Liver Yang Rising, with Rx. Gentianae Long Dan Cao and Rz. coptidis Huang Lian, for high fever with tremors and convulsions and Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua, Fol. Mori Sang Ye and Sp. Prunellae Xia Ku Cao, for redness and pain of the eyes due to Liver Yang Rising. It should be cooked separately for 1/2 hour before adding to the decoction.
- Both this herb and Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng calm the Liver, extinguish Liver Wind, clear Heat and settle convulsions. They treat tremors and convulsions due to high fever or Heat in the Liver channel with Liver Yang Rising leading to headaches, dizziness and red eyes and are often used together. This herb is very effective at entering the Blood level to clear Heat and relieve toxicity with rashes or measles sinking internally. Gou Teng enters the Qi level and clears and drains Heat to treat Wind-Heat related problems such as headache and red eyes or spots and rashes failing to emerge.
- Both Ling Yang Jiao and Carapax Eretmochelydis Dai Mao calm the Liver, extinguish Wind, clear Heat, resolve toxicity and treat Wind from extreme Heat with spasms, convulsions and seizures. Both can also be used to treat maculae, and rashes associated with febrile disease. Ling Yang Jiao focuses on the Liver channel with a strong ability to extinguish Wind and can also be used to clear the eyes. Dai Mao focuses on the Heart channel, opens the orifices, and calms the Spirit while also settling jitteriness and anxiety and improving impaired consciousness. It also nourishes the Liver and Kidneys to anchor the Yang.
- This substance has also been used to treat dysentery, erysipelas, postpartum infection and depression. Continual use was said to strengthen the bones and muscles and increase male potency.