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title: "Zhi Tian Nan Xing"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/651/zhi-tian-nan-xing"
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# Zhi Tian Nan Xing

### Arisaematis Rhizoma preparata

_acrid, bitter, warm, toxic_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Transform Cold Phlegm**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Cough
- Stifling sensation in the chest
- Dizziness
- Vertigo
- Numbness in the limbs
- Muscular spasms
- Facial paralysis
- Stroke
- Seizures
- Lockjaw
- Opisthotonos
- Ulcers
- Carbuncles
- Sores
- Trauma
- Cancer

Zhi Tian Nan Xing is bitter, acrid, toxic, and warm. It enters the
liver, spleen, and lung systems to treat patterns of cold phlegm.

Zhi Tian Nan Xing has recently been used topically in the
treatment of cervical cancer.

**Channels:** lung, liver, spleen

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Stroke
- Paralysis
- Numbness
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Eye disorders
- Angina pain
- Cough
- Ulcers
- Sores
- Anticancer

**Formulas:**
- Dao Tan Tang
- Xiao Huo Lou Dan
- Yu Zhen San

**Contraindications:** to not prescribe Zhi Tian Nan Xiang to
patients that present with cough due to dry deficiency or
deficiency heat patterns

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