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Zi Bei Chi

Posted by: admin on Feb 23, 2008 - 05:23 PM
Calm the Spirit

1 TASTE
Salty and neutral

2 MERIDIANS
Liver

3 FUNCTIONS
1. To calm the heart and tranquilize the mind; 2. To clear heat in the liver and brighten eyes.

4 INDICATIONS
1. Palpitations, irritability, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep or infantile convulsions due to high fever, Purple cowrie shell (Zi Bei Chi) is used with Coptis root (Huanlian), Mother-of-pearl (Zhen Zhu Mu) and Antelope horn (Ling Yang Jiao).2. Wind and heat in the liver meridian manifested as red, swollen and painful eyes or visual obstructions; or hyperactivity of liver yang manifested as dizziness, vertigo and headache. Purple cowrie shell (Zibeichi)is used with Chrysanthemum flower (Ju Hua), Mulberry leaf (Sang Ye) and Uncaria stem (Gouteneg).

5 DOSAGE
10-15 g

6 COUTIONS
The substance is cooked before the other herbs.


Zi Bei Chi

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