Niu Bang Zi

Channels: LU, ST

Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Cold

Common: Great Burdock Fruit

Latin: Fructus Arctii Lappae

Actions:

• Expels wind-heat and relieves sore throat: for wind-heat invasion causing sore, red, and swollen throat, acute tonsilitis, cough, and fever.
• Promotes the eruption of measles: used when the rash has not vented completely. Also used in cases of toxic swellings and abscesses, including erythemas, mumps, and carbuncles.
• Lubricates the intestines: used when wind-heat causes constipation.

Contraindications:

• Do not use in cases of qi Deficiency, diarrhea, or when there are open sores.

Dosage:

• 3-9g. Part used = fruit.