Da Ji

1 TASTE
Bitter, pungent, cold and poisonous

2 MERIDIANS
Lung, Kidney and large intestine

3 FUNCTIONS
1. To transform water and reduce edema; 2. To disperse nodules and relieve swelling.

4 INDICATIONS
1. Edema of the face and the body, retention of fluid in the chest and ascites. Peking spurge root (Gan Sui) and Genkwa flower (Yuan Hua) in the formula Shizao Tang.2. Boils, carbuncles, scrofula and subcutaneous modules, Peking spurge root (Da Ji) is used with Pleione rhizome (Shancigu) and Moleplant seed (Qianjinzi) for internal and external used in the formula Zijin Ding.

5 DOSAGE
1.5-3 g

6 COUTIONS
This herb should not be mixed with Licorice root (Gan Cao), and it is contraindicated during pregnancy.