Bi Cheng Qie - 荜澄茄 - Fructus Litseae

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Fructus Cubebae Fructus Litseae
Common English:	Cubeb Fruit

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Acrid	Warm	Spleen Stomach Kidney Bladder	1.5-5g Tincture: 0.5-1ml

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Descends Qi, Stops pain, Warms the Middle

Epigastric and abdominal Cold and pain, vomiting, belching or hiccup, cold hernia

Dispels Cold Qi from the Bladder

Urinary dysfunction

Turbid urine due to Deficiency Cold of the Lower Jiao

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Rz. Alpiniae Officinarum Gao Liang Jiang	Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu Rz. Zingiberis Succus Jiang Zhi	Rx. Linderae Wu Yao
Strongly warms the Middle Jiao, expels Cold and descends rebellious Stomach Qi to treat Cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen with hiccup, nausea and vomiting Lack of warmth in the Stomach causing diarrhea with undigested food For hiccup from Cold, powder 6g of each herb, decoct and sip	Unease in the chest and diaphragm with difficulty getting food down due to Cold and weakness of the Spleen and Stomach	Urinary dysfunction due to Deficiency Cold of the Lower Jiao
Rz. Alpiniae Officinarum Gao Liang Jiang Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang	Rz. Alpiniae Officinarum Gao Liang Jiang Fr. Amomi Rotundus Bai Dou Kou	Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
Hiccups Poor appetite	Nausea and vomiting	Hernia pain

This herb warms the Middle Jiao and the Qi of the Kidneys and Bladder, descends Qi, and treats turbid urination.
It is excellent at stopping pain and dispersing Cold.
It is reported to treat Cold bulging disorders, digest Food Stagnation and expel Wind from the skin.
Bi Cheng Qie and Fr. Piperis Longi Bi Ba both disperse Cold and warm the Middle, treating Deficiency Cold of the Middle Jiao. Bi Cheng Qie is warm and quite acrid, and disperses more powerfully to warm the Stomach and Spleen and eliminate Qi Stagnation. Its strengths are dispersing Cold, alleviating pain and descending Qi. It is best suited to Qi Stagnation producing pain in the chest, epigastrium and abdomen, or to nausea, vomiting and hiccup from Stomach Cold. Bi Ba is very Hot and strongly disperses Cold that has sunk deep into the Middle Jiao; it is best suited to Deficiency Cold of the Stomach and Intestines with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting.
Rx. et Rz. Litseae Dou Chi Jiang is warm, aromatic and acrid. Entering the Lung and Liver channels, it expels Wind, eliminates Dampness, regulates the flow of Qi and stops pain. Although it is used for Stomach ache and Wind-Damp Bi, its most common use is for lower back pain. It is also given for dysmenorrhea with a painful, distended lower abdomen that is relieved by pressure or Heat, and for headache, chills and muscle aches from an External disorder. The dosage is 1.5-6g.