Medicinals
guàn zhòng / 贯众 / 貫眾 / aspidium
Latin pharmacognostic name: Aspidii Rhizoma
Alternate English names:
Alternate Chinese names: 贯中 guàn zhōng; 贯锺 guàn zhōng; 贯来 guàn lái; 贯仲 guàn zhòng
Origin: Plant
Use: medicinal
Category: Worm-dispelling agents
Properties: Bitter; cool.
Channel entry: liver and stomach channels.
Indications:
- Kills worms:
Intestinal worms (parasites) ; wind-heat common cold. - Clears heat and resolves toxin: Warm heat maculopapular eruption; measles.
- Cools the blood and stanches bleeding: vomiting of blood (blood ejection); nosebleed (nǜ xuè); intestinal wind; bloody stool; blood dysentery; flooding and spotting; vaginal discharge.
Dosage & Method:
Oral: Decoct (10–15g); use in pills and powders. Use raw for expelling worms and for clearing heat and resolving toxin; use stir-fried for stanching bleeding.
Warning:
Unsuitable for yīn vacuity with internal heat and spleen-stomach vacuity cold. Contraindicated in pregnancy and for children, weak patients, and peptic ulcer sufferers.
Quality:
Dry, fat, neatly shaped purplish rhizomes without roots or leaves attached are the best.
Product Area:
ānhuī, Shǎnxī (Shaanxi), and Húnán.