Chun Pi

Name

Chun Gen Pi (Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus Bark)

The Effect of Chun Pi

Property

Bitter, astringent, cold; liver, large intestine and stomach meridians entered.

Actions

Eliminate heat and dampness, astringe bowel, stop bleeding and kill parasites.

Indications

Chronic diarrhea and dysentery, hematochezia, gonorrhea, spermatorrhea, morbid leucorrhea, infantile malnutrition, metrorrhagia, roundworm.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 6~15 g, or made into pill or powder. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into powder or decocted into paste for applying.

Cations

It is contraindicated in case of the beginning of diarrhea, dysentery and deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach.