xi jiao

About xi jiao

Xi Jiao is rhinoceros horn. It is bitter and salty in flavour and cold in temperature, entering the Heart, Liver and Stomach channels.

Names

Pinyinxi jiao

Classification

Channels
Stomach, Heart, Liver
Flavour
Bitter, Salty
Temperature
Cold

Actions and indications

Clears Heat from the Ying and Xue levels, resolves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood, clears blotches and stops bleeding

  • Blood Heat at the Ying or Xue level, with extreme fever and Blood driven out of its vessels: skin rashes and purpura, nosebleed, vomiting blood, convulsions and delirium
  • Maculopapular rashes, purpura and erysipelas from Heat toxin

Clears the Heart and calms the Shen

  • Shen disturbance
  • Late-stage febrile disease with a crimson tongue and clouded consciousness

Clears Heat and extinguishes Liver Wind

  • Warm-Heat disease that has reached the Ying or Xue level, with unremitting high fever, unconsciousness, delirium, convulsions or manic behaviour
  • Tremor and convulsions when extreme Heat enters the deeper levels

Combinations

Dosage

AgeRawGranuleTinctureConcentrateFrequency
Any Decoction:1.5-6g (rare).; Powder: 0.5-2g1.5-6 g————

Cautions

Interactions

Antagonistic with

Drug interactions