bai fu zi

白附子·Rhizoma Typhonii

typhonium rhizome

About bai fu zi

Bai Fu Zi (白附子) is the rhizome of typhonium, recorded as Rhizoma Typhonii. The catalogue also carries it under the names Yu Bai Fu and Du Jiao Lian.

Names

Pinyinbai fu zi·bai fu zi / yu bai fu /du jiao lian·du jiao lian·yu bai fu
Chinese白附子
Latin NameRhizoma Typhonii
English Nametyphonium rhizome
Japanesebyakubushi
Koreanbaekbuja

Prepared forms (1)

bai fu zi Zhi

白附子·Rhizoma Typhonii Preparatum

Toxic

Zhi Bai Fu Zi (制白附子) is typhonium rhizome after processing, recorded as Rhizoma Typhonii Praeparatum. It is acrid and sweet in flavour, warm in temperature, and enters the Liver, Spleen and Stomach channels. The catalogue files it among the herbs that transform Phlegm-Cold.

Dries Damp, transforms Phlegm, expels Wind and stops spasms

  • Wind-Phlegm reaching the head and producing Wind-Stroke with tremor, facial paralysis, hemiplegia or tetany
  • Jaw joint (temporomandibular) pain, severe one-sided headache or migraine from Wind-Phlegm
  • Wind-Stroke with heavy Phlegm rising in the throat so that speech is impaired

Resolves toxicity and dissipates nodules

  • Phlegm toxin such as snakebite, scrofula and other nodules, treated topically with the fresh herb

Dries Damp, relieves pain and itching and expels Wind-Cold-Damp

  • Wind-Cold-Damp Bi
  • Damp skin conditions such as eczema, with the powder applied to the skin
AgeRawGranuleTinctureConcentrateFrequency
Any 1.5-6g; Topically: as much as necessary; For bringing up congested Qi: 1-2g; Tincture: 0.5-2.5ml1.5-6 g—0.5-2.5 ml——

Used in 2 formulas: qian zheng san, yu shen san

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