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title: "Bai Mao Gen"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/407/bai-mao-gen"
---

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# Bai Mao Gen

### Imperatae Rhizoma

_sweet, cold_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Stop Bleeding**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESATIONS:
- Bleeding disorders
 - Hematuria
 - Hemoptysis
 - Hematemesis
 - Epistaxis
- Urinary tract disorders
 - Urinary dribbling
 - With pain
 - Edema
 - Urinary difficulty
- Nausea
- Thirst
- Wheezing

Bai Mao Gen is cold and sweet. It enters the lung, stomach, small
intestine, and bladder systems. Its cold nature allows it to treat
bleeding disorders that arise from heat patterns.

It is especially useful in treating pathologies of the lung system
which includes epistaxis for which it is considered the number
one herb. Its sweet property nourishes lung yin.

Bai Mao Gen enters the bladder system to treat heat related
bleeding presenting with urinary tract disorders. This includes
blood in the urine, hot painful urine, dark urine, and difficulty
urinating.

**Channels:** lung, stomach, small intestine, bladder

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Bleeding
 - Nosebleed
 - Vomiting blood
 - Esophageal varices
 - Hematuria
 - Hemoptysis
- Urinary tract infection
  - Bladder pain
  - Urethral pain
- Sore throat
 - Deficiency heat patterns
 - Dry
 - Rapid fine pulse
 - Red tongue
- Aphonia
- Dysglycemia related thirst

**Formulas:**
- Shi Hui San

**Contraindications:** Bai Mao Gen should not be prescribe to
patients that present with poor digestive function due to cold
deficiency

**Zoo Image:** Edward Scissor spider is trimming a fire hydrant bush that is
leaking urine with blood but he gets overheated and needs water to cool his
lungs

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