INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Galla Chinensis |
| Common English: | Nutgalls Chinese Sumac Gallnut of Chinese Sumac |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Sour Salty |
Cold |
Kidneys Large Intestine Lungs |
1.5-7g Tincture: 0.5-3ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Astringes Lung Qi and stops cough |
Chronic cough due to Lung Qi Deficiency |
Astringes the Intestines and stops diarrhea |
Chronic diarrhea, dysenteric disorders, chronic hemafecia and rectal prolapse |
Astringes sweat, astringes the Kidneys and stops bleeding |
Nocturnal emissions, spermatorrhea, excessive sweating and bleeding |
Descends Fire (relieves Fire toxicity), absorbs moisture (clears Dampness) and reduces swellings |
Topically as a powder or wash for sores, dermatosis, toxic swellings and Damp, ulcerated skin Scar tissue |
Cools Deficiency Fire |
Lung Yin Deficiency and Deficiency Fire with chronic cough with Blood or Blood-streaked sputum |
Stops bleeding |
Various bleeding disorders such as uterine bleeding, hematochezia, bleeding gums, hematuria, and epistaxis |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
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Fr. Schisandrae |
Fr. Chebulae |
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Chronic Lung Deficiency cough. |
Severe cough due to Lung Heat. |
Chronic diarrhea and accompanying symptoms of abdominal pain and bloody stool. External wash or steam bath for sores and prolapse of rectum and uterus. |
Sm. Myristicae |
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Chronic diarrhea. |
Spermatorrhea due to consumptive Deficiency. (serve on an empty Stomach with a small amount of salt) |
Abnormal sweating from Yin and Blood Deficiencies. |
Charred Rx. Sanguisorbae |
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae |
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Rectal prolapse. |
Hemafecia and bleeding hemorrhoids. |
Uterine bleeding or profuse menstruation from Spleen Qi Deficiency . |
Alumen |
Scolopendra |
Hemostatics |
As an external wash for rectal prolapse. |
Topically as a salve for scars. |
Massive uterine hemorrhage. |
Fr. Schisandrae |
Fr. Schisandrae |
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Cough at dusk due to Yin Deficiency Fire Blazing upward and irritating the Lungs. Spermatorrhea, metrorrhagia, vaginal discharge, chronic diarrhea or dysentery, rectal or uterine prolapse, spontaneous sweat, night sweats, and cough and wheezing due to Lung Qi Deficiency. |
Powdered and mixed with fresh water then placed around the edges of the sore for early-stage sores with no head. |
Chronic cough. |
Rice Soup |
Alumen |
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Fry with vinegar and grind into a powder for chronic diarrhea and dysentery during the summer. |
Uterine bleeding. Bleeding due to miscarriage. |
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- Subcutaneous injections may cause local necrosis, restlessness, respiratory depression and death.
- The part used is an excrescence produced by an insect (Melaphis Chinensis) on the leaf.
- This herb treats throat Bi, wasting and thirsting, and night sweats.
- This herb can be used alone as a powder for postpartum uterine prolapse, hematochezia and hematuria.
- Use topically as a powder for epistaxis.
- It can be powdered, moistened, placed in the umbilicus, covered and retained to treat spontaneous sweating or night sweats and children's nightmares.
- The nuts themselves can be burned until they start smoking, exposing hemorrhoids to smoke with great results.
- It can be used as a powder or as a wash topically for non-healing sores, ulcerations and carbuncles with oozing fluids.
- For all toxic swellings, it should be fried until purplish black, powdered, mixed with honey and spread over the sore.
- Both Wu Bei Zi and Per. Papaveris Ying Su Ke astringe the Lungs to alleviate cough and the Intestines to stop diarrhea. Wu Bei Zi is sour astringent and cold, weaker in astringing the Lungs and Intestines, it is more appropriate for descending Fire, resolving toxicity, generating Yang fluids, stopping bleeding, securing Jing and astringing sweat. Ying Su Ke is a stronger astringent and effectively reduces pain.
- The leaves, Folium Rhois Chinensis Yan Fu Ye, is sour, cool and enters the Liver and Lung channels. Its dosage is 9-15g. It Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Clears Lung Heat, stops bleeding and dissolves Phlegm It is specific for malaria. It treats malaria, asthma, a swollen throat and measles.