Bupleurum, Chai Hu, 柴胡
Hare's Ear, Thoroghwax
Chai Hu (TCM)
Chai Hu (TCM)
Buleurum longicaule
(Engler, Das Pflanzenreich, Umbelliferae - Apioideae - Bupleurum, vol. 228, 1910
(Engler, Das Pflanzenreich, Umbelliferae - Apioideae - Bupleurum, vol. 228, 1910
Botanical name:
Bupleurum chinense, B. scorzonifolium
Local varieties used include: B. marginatum, B. bicaule, B. sibiricum, B. longicaule, B. smithii
Parts used:
Root; the herb (above-ground parts) are used similarly, and the whole herb with root, collected in Spring, is also used.
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter, pungent
Classifications:
A. Clear the Exterior
Bupleurum chinense, B. scorzonifolium
Local varieties used include: B. marginatum, B. bicaule, B. sibiricum, B. longicaule, B. smithii
Parts used:
Root; the herb (above-ground parts) are used similarly, and the whole herb with root, collected in Spring, is also used.
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter, pungent
Classifications:
A. Clear the Exterior
Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Heat, Reduces Fever, Clears Toxin:
-Wind-Heat attack with Fever; Cold, Flu
-heat conditions of the Eyes or Ears; Blurry vision, acute Deafness or Tinnitus
2. Moves Liver Qi, Opens Obstructions:
-Menstrual disorders with Qi stagnation
-imbalance between Liver and Spleen: abdominal fullness and bloating, flank pain, nausea, indigestion
3. Raises Yang Qi:
-dragging feeling in the lower abdomen
Main Combinations:
Fever, Infection
1. Wind-Cold Cold or Flu:
i. Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
ii, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
2. Lesser Yang disorders with Chills and Fever, fullness in the chest and hyponchondria; and acute Phlegm-Heat disorders, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
3. Alternating Fever and Chills, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
4. Malarial disorders, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
5. Chronic Malarial disorder, Bupleurum Chai Hu, ... available in PRO version
6. Deficient Heat, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
7. Fever of Consumption, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
Qi Stagnation
8. Pain and distention of the hypochondria, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
9. Constrained Q, Liver Qi Stagnationi:
i. Liver Qi obstruction, with Vertigo, Dizziness, Menstrual irregularity, Emotional disharmony, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
ii. Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
iii. Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
10. Breast Lumps, Nodes, Hyperplasia, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
11. Emotional disharmony, Depression, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
12. Menstrual irregularities, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
Diseases of the Head
13. Headache from Trauma or Wind-Cold, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
14. Blurry vision, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
15. Tinnitus, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
Other
16. Liver heat, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
17. To raise the Clear Yang, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
18. Prolapse of the Rectum or Uterus, Bupleurum Chai Hu with ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Chai Hu Shu Gan San
Da Chai Hu Tang
Dan Zhi Xiao Yan San (Jia Wei Xiao Yao San)
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
Si Ni San
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Xiao Yao San
Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
Cautions:
1. Not used in Yin deficiency
2. Not used in rising Liver Yang
Main Preparations used:
1. Not used in Yin deficiency
2. Not used in rising Liver Yang
Main Preparations used:
Research: