Lifting Hemp (Actaea cimicifuga)

升麻shēng máShengma

Actaea cimicifuga · Plant

Actaea cimicifuga
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Indications

The catalogue records no caution for this entry. That is not evidence that it is safe.

Indications

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

Center Qi FallChronic DysenteryCold-heat HeadacheFloodingMaculaMouth SorePrevention Of PtosisSeasonal Epidemic Fire ToxinSore PharynxSpleen Vacuity DiarrheaToxin Of Welling Abscess & Sore SwellingVaginal DischargeWomen’s Hormone Dysfunction Diseases

TCM actions

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

Clear Heat & Resolve ToxinEffuse Exterior & Outthrust PapulesUpbear Yang & Raise Fall