INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: SHE TUI (PI) (LONG YI)

Pharmaceutical Latin: Periostracum Serpentis
Common English: Snake Skin Slough
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CATEGORY

Herbs that Dispel Wind and Dampness

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Sweet
Salty
Neutral
Liver
1.5-6g
Powder: 0.3-0.6g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Dispels Wind and stops spasms

Skin lesions due to Wind and for other Wind patterns such as childhood convulsions, epilepsy and seizures

Removes superficial visual obstruction

Pterygium or disorders of the cornea such as nebulae

Resolves toxins

Sore throat, oral ulcerations, carbuncles, hemorrhoids and scabies

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Periostracum Cicadae
Chan Tui
Rx. Rehmanniae
Sheng Di Huang
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis
Dang Gui

Periostracum Cicadae
Chan Tui
Fr. Tribuli
Bai Ji Li

Rash due to Wind-Heat

Superficial visual obstruction

 

NOTES

  1. This is often used as a stand-alone herb to treat skin lesions, seizures and convulsions associated with wind and for eye disorders.
  2. This herb is used to treat transverse presentation at childbirth.
  3. Wine-prepared Snake Skin Jiu She Tui tastes better and is better able to dispel Wind. It treats childhood convulsions, itchy skin and superficial visual obstruction.