Bai Bu - Relieve Cough and Wheeze
LU (5-15g) |
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Bai Bu - The white-BOOH ghost
After the white ghost got a bad cough with wet lungs
he couldn't even scare the lice off of a pinworm parasite,
much less humans!!!
Bai Bu learned to be more careful after he accidentally got locked in the
bathroom with lots of folks who had (cc: SP deficiency
with loose stool)
English Name: stemona, sessile stemona root / tuber
Pharmacuetical Name: Radix Stemonae
Properties: sweet, bitter, neutral
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Explanation of Key Words in this story... |
cough with wet lungs |
moistens LU; stops cough |
lice off of a pinworm parasites |
expels parasites; kills lice; primary herb
for pinworms |
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Bai BuActions and Indications
- Moistens LU; Stops Cough (acute and chronic cough;
exogenous or endogenous; hot or cold, excess or deficient)
- Expels parasites; kills lice (pinworms, topically
for lice, vaginal trichomonas, tinea; internally for tape worm)
- (cc: SP deficiency with loose stool)
Alternate Forms:
- mi zhi (honey fried) - moisten LU, stop cough
Special Notes:
- Bai Bu is considered a primary herb for pinworms: use 30-60g as an
enema daily for 5 days
- Zi Wan is often paired with Bai
Bu and Kuan Dong Hua to stop cough.
Zi Wan is the strongest of the three.
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