INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: SHI DA GONG LAO YE - 十大功劳叶 - FOLIUM MAHONIAE

Pharmaceutical Latin: Folium Mahoniae
Common English: Chinese Mahonia Leaf

CATEGORY

Herbs that Clear Heat

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Cool
Cold
Lung
6-9g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat, nourishes Yin, relieves cough and resolves Phlegm

Fever due to Yin Deficiency Heat, pulmonary tuberculosis, cough, low back and knee soreness, weakness and pain. dizziness, tinnitus, sores and boils, red eyes, hemoptysis

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES

  1. This herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
  2. In folk medicine, this herb is used to stop hematemesis.
  3. The juice from the roots is squeezed out and used as a gargle for toothache.
  4. One source says that this herb is good for purging pathogenic Fire and reducing fever and is used to treat fever, vexation, diarrhea and acute conjunctivitis in epidemic febrile diseases.
  5. Take 9g of this herb daily for toothache. Double the dose if the condition is severe.
  6. One source says that this herb is a Yin tonic which is cool in nature and is indicated for afternoon fever, hectic fever due to Yin Deficiency, low back and knee weakness and pain, dizziness and tinnitus.