INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: JIU CHENG TA  九層塔

Pharmaceutical Latin: Herba Ocimi Basilici
Common English: Basil

CATEGORY

Herbs that Regulate Qi

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Acrid
Warm
Stomach
Liver
Kidney
5-12g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Regulates the Middle Jiao and promotes digestion

Stomach Cold with Qi Stagnation with stomach cramps which are better with warmth and worse with pressure and poor appetite in children

Invigorates Blood and dispels water

Obstetric and gynecological disorders from Qi and Blood Stagnation with irregular menstruation

Postpartum Blood Stagnation

Opens the channels and collaterals and relieves pain

Soreness and pain in the tendons and bones

Eliminates toxins and disperses Wind

Toothache and eye swelling and pain (when combined with Heat-clearing and toxin eliminating herbs)

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Fr. Toosendan
Chuan Lian Zi
Rz. Corydalis
Yan Hu Suo
Rx. Paeoniae Alba
Bai Shao
Rx. Glycyrrhizae
Gan Cao

Massa Medicata Fermentata
Shen Qu
Fr. Hordei Germinatus
Mai Ya

Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae
Dan Shen
Hb. Leonuri
Yi Mu Cao

Stomach cramps

Poor appetite in children

Irregular menstruation

Postpartum Blood Stagnation

Caulis Paederiae
Ji Xiang Teng
Rx. Moghaniae
Yi Tiao Gen
Rz. Dioscoreae Nipponicae
Chuan Shan Long

Hb. Ludwigiae Prostratae
Shui Ding Xiang
Gypsum Fibrosum
Shi Gao

Flos Chrysanthemi Indici
Ye Ju Hua
Sp. Prunellae
Xia Ku Cao
Hb. Senecionis Scandens
Qian Li Guang

Soreness and pain in the tendons and bones

Toothache

Redness, pain and swelling of the eyes

Periostracum Cicadae
Chan Tui
Hb. Senecionis Scandens
Qian Li Guang

Superficial visual obstruction

 

 

NOTES

  • This herb has functions similar to Hb. Lycopi Ze Lan to invigorate Blood and dispel water.