Qin Jiao
Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix
acrid, bitter, slightly cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Dispel Wind-Dampness
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Pain
- Muscle cramps
- Muscle pain
- Joint pain
- Jaundice
- Fever
- Constipation
Qin Jiao is acrid, bitter, and slightly cold. It enters the liver and gallbladder systems as well as the stomach. By improving the function of the gallbladder, this herb helps patients with constipation. The acrid and bitter characteristics help the liver detoxify and treat such pathologies as hepatitis and systemic liver related swelling that cause joint pain and spasms.
Channels: stomach, liver, gallbladder
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Constipation
- Arthritis
- Hemafecia
- Fever
- Leg spasm
- Allergies
- Jaundice
- Hepatitis
- Hypertension
- Antimicrobial
- Analgesia
Formulas:
- Da Qin Jiao Tang
- Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang
- Qing Gu San
- Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang
Contraindications: do not prescribe Qin Jiao to patients that have diarrhea or loose stool from poor digestive function (spleen qi deficiency)
Zoo Image: a seagull at a stool-a-maker cooling cart is selling a frozen bone to a seagull with a yellow baby and a seagull with chronic leg pain and an acute tennis injury