Biota tops (Cebaiye)
Pharmaceutical Name: Cacumen Biotae.
Botanical Name: Biota orientalis (L.) Endl.
Common Name: Biota tops, Acborvitae
tops
Source of Earliest Record: Mingyi Bielu.
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The leafy twigs are gathered all year round. They are dried
in a shady place and cut into pieces.
Properties & Taste: Bitter,
astringent and slightly cold
Meridians: Lung, liver and large
intestine.
Functions: To cool blood and stop
bleeding.
Indications & Combinations:
1. Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood
by heat manifested as cough with blood, vomiting with blood, epistaxis,
hematuria and uterine bleeding. Biota tops (Cebaiye) is used with Japanese
thistle (Daji), Small thistle (Xiaoji) and Imperata rhizome (Baimaogen).
2. Hemorrhages due to deficiency and cold.
Biota tops (Cebaiye) is used with Mugwort leaf (Aiye).
Dosage: 10-15 g
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