Tian Kui Zi
Name
Tian Kui Zi (Muskroot-like Semiaquilegia Root)
Property
Sweet, bitter, cold; liver and stomach meridians entered.
Actions
Clear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation, promote diuresis.
Indications
Sores and boils, epilepsy, traumatic injury, snake bites, scrofula, haemorrhoid, cough due to lung deficiency, morbid leucorrhea, hernia, stranguria with turbid discharge, infantile convulsion.
Dosage and administration
Decoct 3~9 g, or made into powder, 1.5~3 g, or soaked in wine. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or eye drop.
Cations
It is contraindicated for loose stool and spleen deficiency.