Chai Hu
Radix Bupleuri柴胡
- Nature
- slightly Cold
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, Bitter
- Meridians
- Gallbladder, Liver, Pericardium, Triple Burner
- Class
- Acrid-Cool Exterior-Resolving Medicinals (Xin Liang Jie Biao Yao)
- Dosage
- 3–10 · 15–30 g
Actions / Functions
- Liberates the Surface
- Dissipates Wind-Heat
- Harmonizes Shao Yang
- Clarifies Heat
- Decongests the chest
- Disperses the Liver
- Liberates Stagnation
- Generates (elevates) Yang