Hua Jiao (aka Chuan Jiao) - Warm Interior
and Expel Cold
SP, ST, KD (1.5-6g) |
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Hua Jiao (Flower Jelly Belly - the Bully)
When Flower Jelly Belly felt cold pain in the MJ
she would blame painful parasites for making
her itch when it rained.
Flower Jelly found out she was pregnant (cc: pregnancy)
she had sleepless nights (cc: yin deficiency with
heat).
English Name: Husk of Szechuan Pepper, Chinese prickly-ash
Pharmacuetical Name: Pericarpium Zanthoxylum bungeanum
Properties: acrid, hot
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Explanation of Key Words in this story... |
cold pain in MJ |
warms the middle jiao; disperses cold; alleviates
pain |
painful parasites |
kills parasites; alleviates abdominal pain |
dry itch when it rained |
relieves itch... dries damp |
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Hua Jiao Actions and Indications
- Warms the middle jiao, disperses cold, alleviates pain
(exogenous cold invasion with cold and pain in abdomen or epigastric
area, vomiting, diarrhea, tooth pain)
- Kills parasites; alleviates abdominal pain (auxiliary
herb for abdominal pain due to roundworms; also enema for children's
pinworms)
- Dry damp; relieves itch (prurits, external use for
eczema; to elieve itch of skin and genitals)
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: yin deficiency with heat sign)
Alternate Forms:
- Jiao Mu (Semen Zanthoxylum bungeanum)-
bitter, cold; KD, UB, LI; promotes urination, reduces edema, redirects
qi to calm wheezing; 3-10g
Special Notes:
- Do not confuse with Hu Jiao - which is a different herb in the same
category.
- A 300mg capsule of ground Hua Jiao taken 3x daily was shown to be
93.9% effective to stop lactation after child birth.
- Hua Jiao can be used alone as a compress directly over the area of
pain.
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