Chun Pi #

Ailanthi Cortex #

bitter, astringent, cold

PRIMARY FUNCTION: #

Stabilize and Bind

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:

• Pathologies of the lower jiao
  • Chronic diarrhea
  • Dysentery
  • Vaginal discharge
  • Blood in stool
  • Parasitic infection

Chun Pi is bitter, astringent, and cold. It works on heat patterns in the gastrointestinal tract causing diarrhea, dysentery, blood in stool, and yellowish vaginal discharge.

Chun Pi can also be used topically for pruritic dermatosis.

Channels: stomach, large intestine

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES: Diarrhea Dysentery Excess vaginal discharge Antiparasitic Antimicrobial Dysbiosis Hemafecia

Formulas:

• Gu Jing Wan

Contraindications: this is a cold herb and should be used cautiously with patients that have cold patterns especially from deficiency

Zoo Image: a camel is plunging his toilet from too much bloody diarrhea with worms while the heat lamp is creating damp-heat

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