INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: GOU BAO - 狗宝 - CALCULUS CANIS

Pharmaceutical Latin: Calculus Canis
Common English: Dog Gall Bladder, Kidney or Bladder Stone

CATEGORY

Herbs that Regulate Qi: Herbs that Descend Qi

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Sweet
Salty
Neutral
Spleen
Stomach
Heart
Powder: 0.9-1.5g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Directs Qi downward

Regurgitation, dysphagia

Dispels melancholy

Melancholy

Removes toxicity

Sores and boils

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for for those with weakness of the Spleen and Stomach
  • Contraindicated for for those with Deficiency of Qi and Blood.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES

  1. One source says that this substance treats osteomyelitis, watery diarrhea and toothache from Cold in the face.
  2. it is applied to blackened and swollen wounds.
  3. It is said that mixed with vinegar and applied, it will remove scars.