Patrinia, Bai Jiang Cao 败酱草

Bai Jiang Cao (TCM)

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Patrinia scabiosifolia
Loddiges, C.L., botanical cabinet [C. Loddiges] (1828)

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Patrinia villosa
(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia)


Botanical name:

Patrinia villosa, P. scabiosifolia (P. scabiosaefolia )

Parts used:

Whole Herb (sometimes just the root is used)

Temperature & Taste:

Slightly Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter

Classification:

B. Clears Heat and Poison

Uses:

1. Clears Heat and Poison, Clears Pus:

-Boils, Abscesses, Toxic Sores (internally and topically)
-Intestinal and Lung Abscess, with or without pus or suppuration
-Purulent Appendicitis
-Acute Pelvic Inflammation, Puerperal Sepsis
-foul Leukorrhea with or without blood
-Red and swollen eyes
-traditionally for various Poisons

2. Moves the Blood, Clears Obstruction, Eases Pain:

-Blood stasis of the Chest or Abdomen from heat
-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea
-Postpartum pain, Postoperative pain
-Arthralgia from Wind with deficiency (Zhen Quan)

Main Combinations:

1. Abscess, Toxic Sores:
i. suppurative abscess, Patrinia with … available in PRO version
ii. Abscess and Toxic Sores, Patrinia with … available in PRO version
2. Intestinal Abscess, Patrinia with … available in PRO version
3. Lung Abscess:
i. Patrinia with … available in PRO version
ii. once ruptured (cough with purulent and bloody sputum), Patrinia, … available in PRO version
4. Liver Abscess, Patrinia with … available in PRO version
5. Dysmenorrhea, Patrinia with … available in PRO version
6. Uterine Bleeding from Heat, Patrinia with … available in PRO version
7. Uterine Bleeding from Damp-Heat, Patrinia with … available in PRO version
8. Postpartum Pain:
i. Patrinia with … available in PRO version
ii. Patrinia with … available in PRO version
9. Abdominal masses, Patrinia, … available in PRO version
10. Abdominal pain from Qi and Blood stasis, Patrinia, … available in PRO version
11. Acute Pelvic Inflammation:
i. Patrinia with … available in PRO version
ii. Patrinia with … available in PRO version
12. Puerperal Sepsis, Patrinia with … available in PRO version
13. Acute Appendicitis in the final stage when suppuration has occurred, Patrinia with … available in PRO version
14. Strangury from Damp-Heat, Patrinia, … available in PRO version

Major Formulas:

Cautions:

Avoid during Pregnancy

Main Preparations used:


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