ling yang jiao

羚羊角·Cornu Saigae Tataricae

Antelope Horn

About ling yang jiao

Ling Yang Jiao (羚羊角) is the horn of the saiga antelope, recorded as Cornu Saigae Tataricae. It is salty in flavour and cold in temperature, entering the Heart and Liver channels. The catalogue files it among the substances that extinguish Wind and stop tremors.

Names

Pinyinling yang jiao
Chinese羚羊角
Latin NameCornu Saigae Tataricae
English NameAntelope Horn
Japanesereiyokaku
Koreanyeongyanggak

Classification

Category
Extinguish Wind, Stop Tremors
Channels
Heart, Liver
Flavour
Salty
Temperature
Cold
Part used
Animal
Family
Bovidae
Species
saiga tatrica
Tags
Chinese Herbs, Common

Actions and indications

Drains Liver Heat, extinguishes Wind and stops spasms and convulsions

  • Seizures and convulsions in children, especially with high fever
  • High fever turning into limb spasm, a stiff neck, opisthotonos and loss of consciousness
  • Stubborn high fever from Heat at the Ying and Blood (Xue) levels
  • Extreme Heat stirring up Wind
  • Liver Wind

Calms the Liver and anchors Yang

  • Rising Liver Yang with dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, irritability, restlessness and a splitting headache; a key substance for this

Clears the Liver and brightens the eyes

  • Liver Fire blazing upward with headache, and red, swollen, painful eyes or sensitivity to light

Drains Heat, cools the Blood and resolves Fire toxicity

  • Heat invading the Pericardium: high fever, delirium, manic behaviour and, at worst, loss of consciousness
  • Warm disease reaching the Blood level, with high fever, clouded consciousness and dark red rashes

Clears Damp-Heat

  • Wind-Damp-Heat Bi

Combinations

Dosage

AgeRawGranuleTinctureConcentrateFrequency
Any 1-5g decocted by itself for at least 2 hours; Powder: 0.3-0.5g1-5 g————

Cautions