bai cao shuang

百草霜·Palvis Fumi Carbonisatus

About bai cao shuang

Bai Cao Shuang (百草霜) is the soot scraped from a cooking stove, recorded as Pulvis Fumi Carbonisatus. It is acrid in flavour and warm in temperature, entering the Lung, Liver and Stomach channels. Its Chinese name reads as frost of a hundred grasses.

Names

Pinyinbai cao shuang
Chinese百草霜
Latin NamePalvis Fumi Carbonisatus

Classification

Channels
Lung, Stomach, Liver
Flavour
Acrid
Temperature
Warm

Actions and indications

Stops bleeding and disperses accumulation

  • Coughing of blood, nosebleed or blood in the stool
  • Functional uterine bleeding
  • Abnormal vaginal discharge
  • Dysentery
  • Retained food
  • Ulcers in the mouth, on the tongue or in the throat
  • Skin disease and eczema

Dosage

AgeRawGranuleTinctureConcentrateFrequency
Any0.9-4.5 g————