Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

(This is my own personal database of teachers, teachings and notes that I use in my practice. I’ve decided to share it freely with anyone who would like to reference it.)

Bi Qi - 荸荠 - Rhizoma Eleo Charitis

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Rhizoma Eleocharitis Rhizoma Heleocharitis
Common English:	Water Chestnut

Category

Herbs that Transform Phlegm and Stop Coughing

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet	Slightly Cold Cold	Lung Stomach Large Intestine	12-120g Fresh macerated juice or powder: 30-60g

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Transforms Phlegm and reduces accumulations	Coughing from Phlegm-Heat Phlegm nodules such as scrofula
Clears Lung and Stomach Heat, generates Fluids and stops thirst	Thirst and constipation from Heat in the Lungs and Stomach with diabetes, jaundice, painful urinary dysfunction, red eyes, throat pain and swelling Commonly used for Warm Pathogen diseases
Cools the Blood, Improves the appetite, Promotes bowel movement, Removes toxins	Constipation, conjunctivitis, corneal opacity, hard masses and indigestion

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Contraindicated for those with Deficiency Cold.
Contraindicated for those with Blood Deficiency.
Contraindicated for those with a Yin Deficiency cough.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Major Combinations

Rz. Phragmitis Recens Xian Lu Gen Rx. Ophiopogonis Recens Xian Mai Men Dong Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Recens Xian Ou Jie Pear Juice Li Zhi
Tai Yin warm pathogenic diseases with intense thirst and spitting up sticky, difficult to expectorate Phlegm.

Notes

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.