Niu Bang Zi
Fructus Arctii牛蒡子
- Nature
- Cold
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, Bitter
- Meridians
- Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach
- Class
- Acrid-Cool Exterior-Resolving Medicinals (Xin Liang Jie Biao Yao)
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
Actions / Functions
- Liberates the Surface
- Dissipates Wind-Heat
- Smoothens the throat
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction)
- Favors the Lung’s diffusion function
- Resolves Phlegm (Tan)
- Stops cough
- Favors eruptions
- Stops pruritus
- Clarifies Heat
- Eliminates toxins
- Moistens the Intestines
- Favors the feces