Li Genpi

Li Genpi

(bielu)

[synonym] Gan Li Gen Bai Pi (Synopsis of the Golden Chamber).

[source] it is phloem of plum root bark in Rosaceae. See "plum" for plant morphology.

[flavor] bitter, salty and cold.

① Bielu: "great cold. "

② "On medicinal properties": "taste salty. "

③ "Rihua in Materia Medica": "cool, non-toxic. "

④ "Diannan Materia Medica": "it is cold in nature and bitter in taste. "

[Guijing] Changsha Yaojie: "entering foot Jueyin liver meridian. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and lowering Qi. Treatment of diabetes, upset, galloping dolphin gas inverse, with the next, toothache.

① Wu Pu's materia medica: "treating sores. "

② Bielu: "the main thirst, stop upset, counter run gas. "

③ Tao Hongjing: "fried with water, it can cure toothache. "

④ "Theory of medicinal properties": "to treat foot Qi, to control heat and poison, to be irritable. "

⑤ Meng Shen: "the master's wife died red and white. "

⑥ Changsha medicine solution: "the rush of lower liver qi, the stagnant heat of qingfengmu. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan. External use: gargle with boiling water or apply with grinding juice.

[prescription selection] ① for the treatment of galloping porpoise Qi, chest flushing, abdominal pain, cold and heat: two liang of licorice, two liang of Ligusticum, two liang of angelica, four liang of Pinellia ternata, two liang of Scutellaria baicalensis, five liang of Shengge, two liang of Paeonia lactiflora, four liang of ginger, one liter of Ganli root and white skin. On the nine flavor, with water two Dou, boil five liters, warm clothing one liter, three days, night service. (penfu Decoction in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber)

② Treatment of throat congestion: sneeze with the powder of Gleditsia sinensis, and apply water to the outside of the throat with plum tree near the root skin. (Miscellaneous notes of Shuyuan)