柴胡 Chaihu
Radix Bupleuri
【Source】
Source is from the dried root or the herb of the Perennial herbaceous plant, Bulpleurum chinense Dc. Or B. scorzonerifolium Willd., family Umbelliferae.
【Properties】
Bitter and pungent in flavor, slightly cold in nature, attributive to liver and gallbladder meridians.
【Actions】
Regulate the functional relation of internal organs to relieve fever, disperse the stagnated liver-qi and uplift yang to raise and sinking.
【Application】
1. Chaihu is used for fever due to exogenous pathogenic factors with alternating episodes of chills and fever. Especially eliminating the pathogenic factors located in the half-superficial and half-interior, it is an indispensable medicine for treating Shaoyang disease.
2. For depression and stasis of liver-qi, manifestation is irregular menstruation, pain in the chest, hypochondriac pain.
3. For treating prolapses due to deficiency of qi, such as prolapse of rectum, or uterus, or gastroptosis, and shortness of breath and weakness, etc..
【Famous Prescription】
Chai Ge Jieji Tang (Decoction) Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Decoction)
