shui niu jiao

水牛角·Cornu Bubali

buffalo horn

About shui niu jiao

Shui Niu Jiao (水牛角) is the horn of the water buffalo, recorded as Cornu Bubali. It is salty in flavour and cold in temperature, entering the Heart, Liver and Stomach channels. The catalogue files it among the substances that cool the Blood.

Names

Pinyin	shui niu jiao
Chinese	水牛角
Latin Name	Cornu Bubali
English Name	buffalo horn·Water Buffalo Horn
Japanese	suigyukaku
Korean	suugak

Classification

Category: Cools Blood
Channels: Stomach, Heart, Liver
Flavour: Salty
Temperature: Cold
Part used: Animal by product
Family: Bovidae
Species: Bubalus bubalis linnaeus
Tags: Chinese Herbs, Common

Actions and indications

Clears Heat from the Ying and Xue levels, resolves Fire toxin, cools the Blood and stops bleeding

Heat in the Ying or Xue level, or in the Blood, with very high fever and Blood moving recklessly: erythema, purpura, nosebleed, vomiting of blood, convulsions and delirium

Clears Heat and stops tremors

Warm-Heat disease that has reached the Ying or Xue level, with high fever that will not break, loss of consciousness, delirium, convulsions or manic behaviour

Combinations

ling yang jiao
Warm febrile disease with convulsions, delirium and high fever
sheng di huang
Blood Heat with delirium and unconsciousness, plus nosebleed, vomiting of blood or purpura
sheng di huang + mu dan pi + chi shao + da qing ye + zi cao
Adds to the preceding pairing's power to cool the Blood
shi gao + xuan shen
Fire at both the Qi and Blood levels, with high fever that is worse at night, thirst, dark red blotches on the skin and a rapid pulse
huang lian + xuan shen
Warm febrile disease with high fever, delirium, unconsciousness, purpura, nosebleed and vomiting of blood

Dosage

Age	Raw	Granule	Tincture	Concentrate	Frequency
Any Decoction: 20-120g; Powder: 4-20g	20-120 g	—	—	—	—

Cautions

caution Middle Jiao Deficiency Cold
pregnancy Use only with great care in pregnancy
caution Reserve for Excess disorders
caution Not for rashes from Qi deficiency when there is no high fever