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Bergenia, Yan Bai Cai 岩白菜
Bergenia purpurascens
The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 20 (1881)
The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 20 (1881)
Bergenia root Yan Bai Cai
(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017)
(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017)
Botanical name:
Bergenia purpurascens (syn. B. delavayi, Saxifraga purpurascens, S. delavayi)
Parts used:
Root; sometimes the whole herb
Fresh herb is used fresh externally
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Sweet, astringent
Bergenia purpurascens (syn. B. delavayi, Saxifraga purpurascens, S. delavayi)
Parts used:
Root; sometimes the whole herb
Fresh herb is used fresh externally
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Sweet, astringent
Uses:
1. Nourishes Blood, Settles Wind:
-benefits Liver Blood and yin
-Dizziness from deficiency
-Deafness
2. Benefits the Lungs, Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough
-Cough, chest pain, shortness of Breath
-Cough, Asthma from deficiency
3. Moves the Blood, Stops Bleeding:
-Coughing or Spitting Blood
-used for Internal Injury
4. Benefits Qi, Clears Damp:
-digestive weakness with fatigue
-Strangury
-Leukorrhea
5. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-Toxic swellings
-topically for toxic sores and swellings
DOSE:
In Decoction: 6–12 grams
A suitable amount of the fresh leaf can be applied topically to toxic sores and swellings.
In Decoction: 6–12 grams
A suitable amount of the fresh leaf can be applied topically to toxic sores and swellings.
Main Combinations:
1. Cough from deficiency, Bergenia with Licorice, Rhodiola
2. Toxic Swellings, Bergenia with Swertia, Tinospora
Cautions:
Fever from weakness should not use it.
Main Preparations used:
Fever from weakness should not use it.
Main Preparations used: