Medicinals
fēng xiāng zhī / 枫香脂 / 楓香脂 / liquidambar;
Latin pharmacognostic name: Liquidambaris Resina
Alternate English names: liquidamber; sweet gum
Alternate Chinese names: 枫脂香 fēng zhī xiāng; 芸香膏 yún xiāng gāo; 白胶香 bái jiāo xiāng
Origin: Plant
Use: medicinal
Category: Blood-Quickening Stasis-dispelling agents / Blood-quickening pain-relieving agents
Properties: Acrid and bitter&ast
Channel entry: spleen, lung, and liver channels.
Indications:
- Quickens the blood and relieves pain: Wind-damp impediment (fēng shī bì) pain;
injuries from knock and falls . - Stanches bleeding: vomiting of blood (blood ejection); nosebleed; bleeding from external injury.
- Resolves toxin and engenders flesh:
welling- and flat-abscesses andsores ; scrofula.Dosage & Method:
Oral: Use in pills and powders (3–6g); do not decoct. Topical: Grind to a powder and sprinkle on or apply mixed; can also be prepared as a paste.
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