INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Radix Semiaquilegiae
Common English:	Semiaquilegia Root Tuber

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Bitter (Acrid)	Cold (Neutral)	Liver Spleen Bladder	3-16g

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, reduces swelling and disperses Stagnation

Abscesses, swelling, toxic sores and deep-rooted furuncles.

Some types of cancer

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua Hb. Violae Zi Hua Di Ding Flos Chrysanthemi Indici Ye Ju Hua	Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum *Lu Jiao Shuang*	Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Concha Ostreae Mu Li
Abscesses and furuncles with localized redness, swelling, heat and pain	Breast abscess	Scrofula
Hb. Scutellariae Barbatae Ban Zhi Lian Hb. Hedyotis Diffusae Bai Hua She She Cao Rz. Paridis Chong Lou	Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying Rx. Rhapontici Lou Lu
Hepatic cancer, breast cancer, and some forms of lymphoma	Breast abscesses and fibrocystic breast disorder with red, painful, palpable masses

This herb can be used for snakebite.
This herb has a mild effect at promoting urination.
It is said to help discharge urinary stones.
To treat tiger and snake bites, squeeze out the juice and drink it. When applied to the surface of the wound, it detoxifies and alleviates pain.
This herb has a mild effect at settling tremors and convulsions.
This herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
This herb is said to cure breast cancer that is as hard as a rock.
It is said that this herb is mainly used to treat Internal damage due to Phlegm-Fire.
It treats scrofula and malignant boils and becomes stronger when soaked in wine.
Hb. Semiaquilegiae Zi Bei Tian Kui is the aerial part of the same plant. It mildly dispels masses and treats nodules, carbuncles, and abscesses. The dosage is 3-10g