Scale Rod Grass (Cimicifuga simplex)

秤杆草chèng gān cǎoChenggancao

Cimicifuga simplex · Plant

Cimicifuga, standing in for Cimicifuga simplex
This photo shows Cimicifuga, not Cimicifuga simplex: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

Cautions

Contraindicated in pregnancy; may cause headache, dizziness, or vomiting.

Indications

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

Common ColdCoughFever & HeadacheGastroenteritisIndigestionKnocks & FallsMenstrual DisorderOppression In Chest & Abdomen DistentionPharyngolaryngitisSnake BiteSwollen Welling AbscessTonsillitis

TCM actions

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

Dispel Summerheat & Effuse ExteriorRectify Qi & Quicken BloodResolve ToxinTransform Damp & Harmonize Center