Arnebia (Zicao)
Pharmaceutical
Name: Radix Lithospermi seu Arnebiae.
Botanical
Name: 1. Lithospermun
erythrorhizon sieb. et zucc; 2. Arnebia
euchroma (Royle Johnst); 3. Macrotomia
euchroma.
Common
Name: Lithospermun root, Arnebia root, Groomwell root.
Source
of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao Jing.
Part
Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: The roots are dug in
spring or autumn, dried in the sun, soaked in water and cut into slices.
Properties
& Taste: Sweet and cold.
Meridians:
Heart and liver.
Functions:
1. To cool blood and invigorate blood; 2. To release toxins and bring the rash
to the surface; 3. To promote bowel movement and moisten the intestines
Indications
& Combinations:
1. Incomplete expression of rash in measles
due to toxic heat in the blood: Arnebia (Zicao) is used with Cicada slough
(Chantui), Arctium fruit (Niubangzi).
2. Maculopapule in febrile disease:
Arnebia (Zicao) is used with Red peony (Chishao), Moutan bark (Mudanpi),
Honeysuckle flower (Jinyinhua) and Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao).
3. Prevention of measles: Arnebia
(Zicao) is used with Licorice root (Gancao).
4. Boils, carbuncles, burns and injury due
to cold: Arnebia (Zicao) is used with Chinese angelica root (Danggui),
Dahurian angelica root (Baizhi) and Dragon's blood (Xuejie) as an external
application in the formula Shengji Yuhong Gao.
Dosage:
3-10 g
Cautions
& Contraindications: This herb is contraindicated during weakness
of the spleen accompanied by diarrhea.
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