Bing Pian
Borneolum
acrid, bitter, mildly cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Aromatic Herb that Opens Orifices
CLASSICAL MANIFESATIONS:
- Syncope
- Possibly convulsions
- Disorders of the eyes
- Visual floaters
- Redness in the eyes
- Photophobia
- Excess lacrimation
- Headache
- Swelling in the throat
- Diseases of the skin
- Scabies
- Skin sores
- Itching
- Mouth sores
- Nodulation
Bing Pian is mildly cold. It is acrid and bitter to open the orifices and enters the lung, spleen, and heart systems.
Bing Pian can be used topically for skin sores and gargled for sore throat.
Channels: lung, heart, spleen
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Toothache
- Analgesia
- Antimicrobial
- Sore throat
- Tonsillitis
- Diseases of the eye
- Canker sores
- Heat in the heart system
- Disorders of the Skin
- Sores
- Bites
- Traumas
- Eczema
Formulas:
- An Gong Niu Huang Wan
- Liu Shen Wan
- Qi Li San
- Su He Xiang Wan
- Zhi Bao Dan
Contraindications: do not prescribe Bing Pian to patients that have qi and blood deficiency, do not prescribe Bing Pian to pregnant patients, keep Bing Pian away from heat
Zoo Image: inside the Musky Ox Antique Store, a sleeping spirit is tangled in the store sign that came in to see the teary eyed musky ox head with throat nodules on the wall, there is an ox lamp blazing with an arrow through its head wearing glasses