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Chinese cocklebur fruit(Cang Er Zi)— Chinese food and natural health

January 04, 2020

Chinese herb cocklebur fruit

cocklebur fruit

Mouth ulcers, abscesses, boils – Skin Diseases, warm nature of Herbs that release surface Headache – Fever – Dizziness

The grass Cang Er Zi is used in headaches generated by wind-cold, congestion and chronic runny nose and other symptoms caused by the cold wind. We will see in detail below.

The peculiarity of Cang Er Zi is its ability to reach, disperse and circulate throughout the body, both at health home and higher at lower foyer both internally and externally without being particularly draining.

Brief description of the cocklebur fruit

Cang er zi, Chinese Pharmacopoeia

Chinese name Cang Er Zi (Zi Cang ěr; 苍耳 子)

Pharmaceutical Name Fructus Xanthii

standard botanical species Xanthium sibiricum

Other names Qin Zi Hu (胡 寝 子)

Yang Dai Lai (羊 带来)

Di Kui (地 葵)

Cang Er (苍耳)

Plant part Fruit

Nature Warm

Sweet, bitter, toxic

Tropism (in between the meridians:) Lung (liver)

brief description Disperse wind, unlocks the holes, removes moisture.

Indications:

1) Disperse the wind and moisture, releases the nose

For any problems or nasal sinuses with thick and viscous flows associated with headaches. Cang Er Zi is one of the main herbs in nasal congestion with headache, thick nasal discharge and loss of smell.

2) Disperse wind and removes moisture

It disperses wind-humidity, open the holes in the upper body, fight against skin disorders, skin itching and joint pain due to a painful obstruction.

3) Hunting wind and releases the surface

It is a secondary grass for external disturbances with headache radiating to the neck.

Contraindication

Cang Er Zi is against-indicated during blood empty.

Several books encouraged not to eat pork along with this herb.

Dosage

From 3 to 9 g, 5 g standard

An overdose can cause vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

some combinations

Against headaches, nasal congestion, Cang Er Zi can be combined with:

Xin Yi – 辛夷 (flos Magnoliae)

During acute wind-heat with headache, nasal congestion:

Xin Yi – 辛夷 (flos Magnoliae)

Shi Gao – 石膏 (Gypsum)

Huang Qin – 黃 芩 (Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis)

Against chronic wind-heat with headache, nasal congestion:

Xin Yi – 辛夷 (flos Magnoliae)

Jin Yin Hua – 金银花 (Flos Lonicerae Japonicae)

Qian Cao Gen – 茜草 根 (Radix Rhizoma and rubiae)

When itching due to skin rash due to wind or moisture and causing irritation:

Bai Ji Li – 白 蒺藜 (Fructus Tribuli)

Di Fu Zi – 地肤 子 (Fructus Kochiae)

Chan Tui – 蝉蜕 (periostracum Cicadae)

Decoction to drink and also used externally.

Pregnancy

Consumption of Cang Er Zi during pregnancy should be done with caution.

Note

– The toxic ingredients in this herb are changed once décoctée and are hardly more present.

– Cang Er Zi is also effective against nasal polyps.

– In the past, the result was open and the core was used in headache and dizziness.

Cang Er Gen (Radix Xanthii Sibirici), the root is bitter taste, fresh and slightly toxic in nature. She enters the lung meridian, clears heat, eliminates toxins and treats common colds due to heat and wind.

It also reduces scrofula or other toxic swellings such as angina.

It should be used with caution during pregnancy and in cases of vacuum. The usual dosage is between 3 and 12g.

Cang Er Cao (苍耳 草), the whole plant is bitter and pungent, fresh kind (even slightly cold) and slightly toxic. It eliminates the wind, clears heat and eliminates the toxicity.

It is used when Bi, spasm, cramp, skin disorder and itching.

It should not be used in people who are empty or taken over an extended period. Dosing is 6 to 15g.

The whole plant is toxic, but the most toxic part is the fruit.

Moreover, the fresh leaves are more toxic than those that are dried, and young stems are more toxic than the old.

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