Medicinals
shuǐ niú jiǎo / 水牛角 / 水牛角 / water buffalo horn
Latin pharmacognostic name: Bubali Cornu
Alternate English names:
Alternate Chinese names:
Origin: Plant
Use: medicinal
Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing blood-cooling agents
Properties: Salty; cold.
Channel entry: heart, liver, and stomach channels.
Indications:
Clears heat, cools the blood, and resolves toxin: Heat entering the provisioning-blood in warm disease, manifesting in maculopapular eruption and vomiting of blood (blood ejection) or nosebleed; heat entering the pericardium in warm disease, manifesting in
Dosage & Method:
Oral: 2.5–15g in decoctions.
Warning:
Contraindicated in vacuity cold patterns.