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INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: XI JIAO - 犀角 - CORNU RHINOCERI

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Cornu Rhinoceri
Common English:	Rhinoceros Horn

CATEGORY

Herbs that Clear Heat and Purge Fire: Herbs that Clear Heat and Cool Blood

PROPERTIES

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter Salty (Sour)	Cold	Heart Liver Stomach	Decoction:1.5-6g (rare). Powder: 0.5-2g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Heat from the Ying and Xue stages, relieves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood, clears skin blotches and stops bleeding	Ying or Xue Stage Heat or Blood Heat with a very high fever and chaotic movement of Blood (erythema, purpura, epistaxis, hematemesis, convulsions and delirium)
Clears the Heart and calms the Shen	Shen disturbance
Clears Heat and extinguishes Liver Wind (arrests tremors)	Warm-Heat pathogen diseases when the Heat enters the Ying or Xue levels with unremitting high fever, loss of consciousness, delirium, convulsions or manic behavior

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS

This is an endangered species, do not use.
Use with great caution during pregnancy.
Use only with Excess disorders.
Do not use for rashes with Qi Deficiency where there is no high fever.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

Antagonizes Rx. Carmichaeli Chuan Wu Tou.
Antagonizes Rx. Aconiti Kusnezoffii Zhi Cao Wu.
Antagonizes Scl. Omphalia Lapidescens Lei Wan.

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

This herb potentiates the effect of barbiturates but does not counteract the effects of pentylenetetrazol or caffeine.

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Cornu Saigae Tataricae/Antelopis Ling Yang Jiao	Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang	Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao
High fever, delirium, and convulsions due to warm febrile diseases.	Loss of consciousness and delirium, with epistaxis, hematemesis, or purpura due to Blood Heat.	Strengthens the Blood cooling action of the previous combination.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye Rx. Arnebiae/Lithospermi Zi Cao	Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen	Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
Strengthens the Blood cooling action of the previous combination.	High fever, loss of consciousness, delirium, hematemesis, epistaxis, and purpura associated with warm febrile disease.	High fever which worsens at night, dark-red skin blotches, thirst, and a rapid pulse due to Fire in the Qi and Blood levels.
Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao Cornu Saigae Tataricae/Antelopis Ling Yang Jiao	Rx. Rehmanniae Shu Di Huang Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao	Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen Hb. sive Rx. Cirsii Japonici Da Ji Hb. Cirsii Xiao Ji
Fever, loss of consciousness, delirium and convulsions.	Ying Stage Heat.	Severe bleeding.
Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye	Rz. Cimicifugae Sheng Ma Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang	Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
Febrile diseases.	Sore, swollen and painful throat.	Delirium and mania in febrile disorders.
Cornu Saigae Tataricae/Antelopis Ling Yang Jiao Calculus Bovis Niu Huang Borneolum Bing Pian
Convulsions in febrile disorders.

NOTES

It is often used recently for cardiovascular diseases, strokes, and cancer.
Do not store with salt.