Cnidium, She Chuang Zi 蛇床子
She Chuang Zi (TCM)
La la phud ser po ལ་ལ་ཕུདསེར་པོ (Tibetan Medicine)
La la phud ser po ལ་ལ་ཕུདསེར་པོ (Tibetan Medicine)
Cnidium monnieri
Jacquin, Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis, (1770)
Jacquin, Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis, (1770)
Botanical name:
Cnidium monnieri (syn. Selinum monnieri)
Parts used:
Seed
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet
Classifications:
T. External Medicines
Cnidium monnieri (syn. Selinum monnieri)
Parts used:
Seed
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet
Classifications:
T. External Medicines
Uses:
1. Warms the Kidneys, Tonifies Yang:
-Impotence, Infertility
2. Clears Wind-Damp:
-Leukorrhea, especially with itching
3. Clears Wind-Cold, Stops Cough:
-Cough
4. Settles Wind, Calms the Mind and Nerves:
5. Externally:
-Weeping Eczema; Damp skin lesions
Dose:
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Comment:
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Substitutes:
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Preparation:
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Comment:
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Substitutes:
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Preparation:
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Main Combinations:
1. Cold-Damp Leukorrhea:
i. Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
ii. Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
2. Lower Back pain from Cold-Damp and Kidney weakness:
i. Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
ii. Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
3. Infertility from Kidney Yang deficiency:
i. Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
ii. Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
4. Impotence:
i. Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
ii. Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
iii. Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
5. For itching, use as a wash with Alum
6. Genital Itching, Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
7. Trichomonas, as a douche Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
8. Weeping skin lesion:
i. topically Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
ii. topically Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
9. Eczema, topically Cnidium She Chuang Zi with ... available in PRO version
Cautions:
1. Not used in excess Heat conditions or Yin deficiency
2. Not used in Damp-Heat of the lower abdomen (Strangury, Yellow Discharge etc.)
Main Preparations used:
1. Not used in excess Heat conditions or Yin deficiency
2. Not used in Damp-Heat of the lower abdomen (Strangury, Yellow Discharge etc.)
Main Preparations used: