Ci Gu

Name

Ci Gu (Arrowhead)

1. 慈姑
2. 茨菇
3. 慈菇
4. 茨菰
5. Arrowhead

The Effect of Ci Gu

Property

Sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold; liver, lung, spleen and bladder meridians entered.

Actions

Activate blood and cool blood, treat stranguria, relieve cough, dissipate nodule and remove toxicity.

Indications

haematemesis, nose bleeding, sores and boils, snake bites, scrofula, leucorrhea, uterine bleeding, retained placenta, stranguria with turbid discharge, cough with bloody phlegm, orchitis, periostitis, swelling and pain of eyes, leucoma.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 15~30 g, or pounded into juice. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying, or pounded into juice for eye drops.

Cautions

It is contraindicated to pregnant women.