State/School

California License Exam, Pacific College Comps

Pharm Name

Siegesbeckiae Herba

Common Name

Siegesbeckia

Category

Dispel Wind-Dampness

Ingredients

Taste

Bitter

Pao Zhi

Temperature

Cold

Action / Indication

1. Dispels wind-dampness and unblocks the channels and collaterals: for wind-damp painful obstruction with pain in the joints. Because it is good at unblocking the channels and invigorating the collaterals, it is also commonly used for spasms and cramps in the extremities, numbness in the extremities, and weak legs, including weakness as a sequelae of wind-stroke. 
2. Clears heat and pacifies the Liver: for patterns of ascendant Liver yang with such symptoms as headache and dizziness. 
3. Clears and transforms damp-heat: for damp-heat sores and itching, wind-damp rash, or other forms of itching.
   
4. Also used for hypertension.

Treatment Principles

Expels Wind-dampness
Calms the Spirit
Clears Heat
Calms the Liver
Transforms Damp-heat

Contraindication

Yin or blood deficiency.

Dosages

6-15g

Meridians

KD, LIV

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