Lycium Cortex, Di Gu Pi 地骨皮

Chinese Wolfberry root-bark
Di Gu Pi (TCM)

Lycium chinense
Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition (1800-1803)

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Botanical name:
Lycium chinense, L. barbarum

Parts used:
Root-bark

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Sweet

Classification:
B. Clears Deficient Heat

Uses:
1. Cools the Blood, Clears Deficient-Heat:
-Steaming Bone disorder

2. Clears Lung Heat, Stops Cough:
-Lung Heat Cough

3. Externally:
-in washes for Genital Itching

Dose:
Decoction: 6–15 grams
Powder: 1–4 grams

Comment:
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Main Combinations:
1. Deficient Heat, Steaming Bone Disorder:
i. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version
ii. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version
iii. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version
iv. Fever of Consumtpion, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version
v. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with, ... available in PRO version
vi. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version
vii. rising Heat burning the Fluids, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version
viii. deficient Fever of Tuberculosis, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version
ix. Deficient Fever or 'Steaming Bone Disorder' in Children, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version
2. Wasting and Thirsting, Diabetes, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version
3. Lung Heat Cough:
i. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version
ii. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version
iii. Lung-Heat Asthma, rapid Breathing, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi, ... available in PRO version
4. Early periods from Blood heat Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version
5. As a wash for Genital Itching, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with ... available in PRO version

Cautions:
Generally safe. It has very low toxicity.
Caution in Cold and Weakness of the Stomach

Main Preparations used: