Cubeb (Piper cubeba)

荜澄茄bì chéng qiéBichengqie

Piper cubeba · Plant

Piper cubeba
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Indications

Cautions

May increase absorption of other drugs; avoid with medications with narrow therapeutic windows; may stimulate uterine contractions.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Cubeb for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Cold-damp Dribbling Urination & Turbid UrineCold Mounting With Abdominal PainCold Pain In Stomach Duct & AbdomenFullness BloatingRumbling Intestines & DiarrheaStomach Cold With Retching Counterflow

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Cubeb does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Move Qi & Relieve PainWarm Center & Dissipate ColdWarm Kidney