State/School

California License Exam, Pacific College Comps

Pharm Name

Platycladi Cacumen

Common Name

Oriental Arborvitae Leaf

Category

Regulate Blood/Stop Bleeding

Ingredients

Taste

Bitter, Astringent

Pao Zhi

Charred to reduce its cold nature & ability to cool the blood while enhancing its ability to stop bleeding, making it useful for both hot & cold bleeding disorders.

Temperature

Slightly Cold

Action / Indication

1. Cools the blood and stops bleeding: widely used for various bleeding disorders including vomiting blood, bleeding gums, coughing of blood, blood in the stool or urine, bloody dysenteric disorder, and uterine bleeding. Owing to its slightly cold nature, this herb is effectively used in treating patterns of hot blood, but it may also be used with warming herbs for bleeding associated with cold patterns.
2. Stops cough and expels phlegm: for Lung heat patterns with cough and accumulation of phlegm. Especially important in cases of viscous, difficult-to-expectorate sputum streaked with blood.
3. Promotes healing of burns: used topically in powdered form for the early stages of burns over a small to moderate surface area. Also used for hair loss.

Treatment Principles

Cools the Blood
Stops Bleeding
Stops Cough
Expels Phlegm
Regrows Skin and Hair

Contraindication

Caution=> Long term use or a large dose may cause dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. Allergies to this herb have been reported.

Dosages

6-15g, decocted. May be used topically as a powder, wash, or paste. Use raw or charred. Grind into powder to use in an ointment for burns.

Meridians

LV, LU, LI

Tom's Comment

1. Ce Bai Ye stops cough by Clearing Heat in the Lungs. Not often used unless there is blood streaked sputum that is difficult to expectorate.
2. Ce Bai Ye Tan (Charred) will enhance its Stop Bleeding properties but will lose its Cooling Blood function.

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