---
title: "Pu Gong Ying"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/558/pu-gong-ying"
---

 ![pu gong ying, taraxaci herba.jpg](/u/pu-gong-ying-taraxaci-herba-TYtZDK.jpg) 

# Pu Gong Ying

### Taraxaci Herba

_bitter, sweet, cold_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Clears Heat and Resolves Toxicity**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Breast abscess
- Internal abscess
- Sores
- Red swollen eyes
- Jaundice
- Painful urination

Pu Gong Ying enters the liver and stomach systems but it is
especially noted for its ability to treat breast abscess. It is bitter,
sweet, and cold allowing it to treat heat patterns.

**Channels:** liver, stomach

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Biliary congestion
- Hepatoprotective
- Immune support
- Ulcer
- Scrofula
- Digestive disorders
- Hepatitis
- Jaundice
- Urinary tract infections
- Rashes
- Boils
- Appendicitis
- Antitumor
- Conjunctivitis
- Diuretic
- Gastritis
- Lactation
- Fungal infections
- Bites (poisonous)

**Formulas:**
- Cang Er Bai Dou Yan Fang
- Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin

**Contraindications:** Pu Gong Ying is very toxic and should not
be prescribed to pregnant patients or patients that present with
a weak constitution

**Zoo Image:** a jaundiced beluga whale wearing sunglasses to hide his red eyes
is in a bathroom looking in the mirror while urinating yellow, there is a poster
of a sexy beluga whale on the wall with bleeding abscesses of the breast and
intestines

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