Zao Jiao Ci
Spina Gleditsiae Sinensis 皂角刺
- Nature
- Warm
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, Sour
- Meridians
- Liver, Stomach
- Class
- Blood-Activating and Stasis-Eliminating Medicinals (Huo Xue Qu Yu Yao)
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
Actions / Functions
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction)
- Expels pus
- Eliminates toxins (topic use)
- Activates the Blood
- Dissipates Wind
- Eliminates parasites
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction – topic use)
- Dissipates lumps (topic use)
- Expels pus (topic use)
- Eliminates toxins