Bai Fu Zi

Herbs that transform cold phlegm

 

 

Channels: SP, ST

Properties: Spicy, Sweet, Warm, Toxic

English Translation: White Appendage

Common: Typhonium Rhizome

Latin: Rhizoma Typhonii Gigantei

Actions:

  • Dries Damp, Transforms Phlegm, Expels Wind, and Stops Spasms: For wind-stroke conditions, tremors, convulsions, facial paralysis, hemiplegia, bells paulsy, epilepsy, tetanus, and migraines.
  • Eliminates Toxicity and Dissipates Toxicity: For scrofula, snake bites, and other nodules due to phlegm and toxicity. Usually used topically for these conditions.
  • Expels wind-cold-damp and stops pain: Numbness, joint and muscle aches and pains, dizziness, and severe lateral headaches due to cold-damp or wind-damp conditions.

Contraindications:

  • Do not use during pregnancy.
  • Do not use in Yin defcient heat conditions.
  • Do not use in heat stroke caused by Liver fire.
  • Fresh Bai Fu Zi is toxic: Use only externally.

Dosage:

  • 3-5 Grams