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Di Gu Pi (地骨皮), the root bark of Lycium, clears heat from deficiency (steaming bone disorder with sweating), cools the blood to stop bleeding, and clears Lung heat to stop cough.
Latin / Pharmaceutical Name
Lycium chinense (Cortex Lycii)
Common English Name
Lycium root bark
Taste
Sweet
Temperature
Cold
Channels Entered
Lung, Liver, Kidney
Actions & Functions
- Clears deficiency heat and cools the blood (steaming bone disorder with sweating)
- Clears Lung heat and stops cough
- Cools the blood and stops bleeding
Indications
Yin-deficiency heat with night sweats and bone-steaming fever; Lung heat cough; and heat in the blood with bleeding; also wasting-thirsting disorder.
Dosage
9-15 g in decoction.
Common Combinations
With Sang Bai Pi (Xie Bai San) for Lung heat cough; with Mu Dan Pi for deficiency heat.
Cautions & Contraindications
Avoid in fever from external invasion and in Spleen deficiency with loose stools.
