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Latin pharmacognostic name: Typhonii Gigantei Rhizoma

Kingdom: Plant

Origin (other sources): Typhonium giganteum Engl.

Use: Medicinal

Category:

Properties: Acrid and sweet*; highly warm*; toxic*.

Channel entry: Stomach and liver channels.*

Indications:

• Dries dampness and transforms phlegm: Wind stroke with phlegm congestion and deviated eyes and mouth.
• Dispels wind and checks tetany: Lockjaw; headache and hemilateral headache.
• Resolves toxin and disperses binds: Scrofula phlegm nodes; venomous snake bites; swollen welling-abscesses.

  Dosage & Method: Oral: Decoct 3‒6g. Topical: Apply the powdered form mixed or the fresh form crushed.

  Warnings: Contraindicated in pregnancy and yīn vacuity wind-stroke.

  See also: Bái fù zǐ (白附子 Typhonii Rhizoma, typhonium [rhizome])

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