White Medicine (Stephania cephalantha)

白药子bái yào ziBaiyaozi

Stephania cephalantha · Plant

Stephania cephalantha
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Indications

Cautions

Limited safety data; likely contains alkaloids similar to other Stephania species; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

Abdominal Pain & DiarrheaAcute HepatitisBacillary DysenteryBleedingBleeding Due To External InjuryBlood EjectionHeat Toxin Swollen Welling AbscessNeurodermatitisParotitisSepticemiaSpontaneous External BleedingPain In Throat SwellingWind-damp Impediment Pain

TCM actions

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

Clear Heat & Resolve ToxinCool Blood & Stanch BleedingDispel Wind & Relieve Pain