Ma Chi Xian
Portulacae Herba
sour, cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Clears Heat and Resolves Toxicity
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Dysentery
- Hot painful bloody urination
- Constipation
- Sores
- Carbuncles
- Vaginal discharge
- Snakebite
- Wasp stings
- Uterine bleeding
Ma Chi Xian is sour and cold. It enters the liver and large intestine systems to treat heat pattern pathologies. It can also be used topically for red swollen wasp and snake bites or for red swollen genitals.
Internally, Ma Chi Xian is used to treat diarrhea, burning urination, and vaginal discharge from heat patterns.
Channels: liver, large intestine
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Leukorrhea; with blood
- Skin sores
- Diarrhea
- Hemafecia
- Snake bites
- Wasp stings
- Antimicrobial
- Diuresis
- Uterine bleeding
- Painful urination
- Bacillary dysentery
- Vaginal discharge
Contraindications: Ma Chi Xian should not be prescribed to patients that are pregnant
Zoo Image: a beluga whale has a snake brushing its sores while wasps attend to its bloody urine and uterine bleeding and bloody stool