Guan Zhong
| Guan Zhong in TCM:Explore the properties of Guan Zhong according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: dryopteris root
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Dryopteridis
Properties: slightly toxic,
bitter, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: SP, LV
Flavors: toxic, bitter
Special Properties:
circulates blood, clears heat, eliminates toxins, expels parasites, stops bleeding
Alternate Forms:
- Sheng: kill parasites or clear heat
- Chao Tan: stop bleeding
Actions / Indications:
- Kills Parasites (various intestinal parasites, tapeworms,
roundworms, hookworms, ringworm, topical application for pinworms)
- Clears heat; removes toxicity (exterior wind-heat;
warm-febrile blotches or damp-heat sores, carbuncles, mumps; epidemic
toxin)
- Cools blood; stops bleeding (uterine bleeding, blood
in stools, epistaxis, hematemesis due to hot blood)
Special Notes:
- In one study 26 of 30 patients were treated successfully for hookworm with 8-15g of du zhong powder twice daily for 5-7 days.
- Use this herb with Sang Ye for common cold
prevention.
Contraindications:
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: weak constitution or history of ulcers)
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