Bi Ba #

Piperis longi Fructus #

acrid, hot

PRIMARY FUNCTION: #

Warm the Interior and Expel Cold

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:

• Gastrointestinal disorders
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Belching
  • Abdominal pain
  • Acid reflux
• Due to cold in the middle jiao toothache

Bi Ba is acrid and hot. It enters the stomach and large intestine systems to warm internally and treat cold patterns that are typically excess in nature but may be caused by an underlying pattern of deficiency; especially spleen yang.

Bi Ba can be used in powered form for toothaches.

Channels: stomach, large intestine

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:

• Gastrointestinal tract disorders
  • Diarrhea
  • Borborygmus
  • Acid reflux
• Allergies
• Angina pain
  • Cold obstructing function in the middle and upper jiao
• Antimicrobial

Formulas:

• Su He Xiang Wan

Contraindications: do not prescribe Bi Ba to patients that present with deficiency heat patterns

Zoo Image: a lion with a cold middle is having his hot tooth pulled by a mouse while another mouse sweeps ice that the lion pooped

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