Mei Gui Hua
The Effect of Mei Gui Hua
Property
Sweet, slightly bitter, warm; liver and spleen meridians entered.
Actions
Regulate the flow of qi, dispel melancholy, activate blood and dissipate blood stasis.
Indications
Sores and boils, dysentery, acute mastitis, stomachache due to emotional depression and the hyperactive liver-qi attacking the stomach, irregular menstruation, leucorrhea with reddish discharge, hemoptysis, hematemesis, wandering arthritis.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 3~10 g, or made into paste or soaked in wine.
Cations
It is contraindicated in case of yin deficiency with effulgent fire.