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  Herb 9 of 11 in Herbs that Cool the Blood
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Properties:
Salty, Sweet, Bitter, Cold Latin:
Radix Scrophulariae Ningpoensis |
Actions
- Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, and Nourishes the Yin
Use when heat has entered the Blood level causing fever, bleeding, dry mouth, and a red-purple tongue color. Also for Yin Deficiency heat, especially following a fever with dryness, constipation, irritability, and dry cough. - Relieves Fire Toxicity and Inflammation
For red or swollen eyes and severe sore throat. - Resolves Nodules and Lumps
For neck lumps, swollen tonsils, scrofula, and swollen throat from phlegm fire.
Contraindications and Cautions
- Contraindicated in patients with diarrhea, or dampness in the spleen or stomach. This herb has been noted to antagonize Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis (gan jiang), Radix Astragali Membranacei (huang qi), Fructus Zizyphi Jujubae (da zao), Frucutus Corni Officinalis (shan zhu yu), and is incompatible with Rhizoma et Radix Veratri (li lu).
Herb-Drug Interactions
- May interfere with Anti-Diabetic drugs.
Toxicity and Overdose
- This section is being researched, and is not completed.
Dosage
- 9-30 grams.
- Part used: root.
Notes
- To benefit the yin, this herb is often dry-fried in salt.
This Herb Appears in the Following Formulas:
This herb is incompatible with:
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Li Lu (Radix Et Rhizoma Veratri)
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- Dan Bensky
- Him Che. Yeung
- John K. Chen, Tina T. Chen
- Max Wichtl
- Dan Bensky
- Him Che. Yeung
- Qiao Yi