Gua Di - 瓜蒂 - Pedicellus Melo
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Pedicellus Cucumeris Pedicellus Melo |
| Common English: | Melon Pedicle Melon Stalk |
Category
Herbs that Transform Phlegm and Stop Coughing: Herbs that Relieve Coughing and Wheezing (Anti-Asthmatics)
Herbs that Induce Vomiting (Emetics)
Properties
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
| Bitter | Cold Slightly Toxic (Toxic) | Stomach | 1.5-6g Pills: 0.3-1g |
Actions And Indications
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Induces vomiting to relieve Phlegm-Heat or retained food | Accumulation above the diaphragm when vomiting is the preferred treatment, including Phlegm-Heat that is constrained in the chest with seizures, mania, throat Bi, wheezing, irritability and/or insomnia Retained food in the Stomach with distention and chest and epigastric pain (may be used alone) |
Dispels Damp-Heat and relieves jaundice | Damp-Heat jaundice when Dampness predominates Intranasally, it treats recalcitrant jaundice of the face and eyes with headache and nasal congestion due to Dampness constrained in the head |
*Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions
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Major Combinations
| Sm Phaseoli | Rz. Coptidis | Rock Brown Sugar |
Induces vomiting to treat Phlegm or retained food above the diaphragm Very early stages of food poisoning Hot Phlegm | Chronic rhinitis | Strengthens emesis |
Notes
- This herb is used specifically to induce vomiting, provoke salivation and force tears, giving a pathogenic influence a route of external release.
- Used alone, it can treat Food Stagnation.
- In an earlier classification, this herb was placed in the "Herbs that Expel Phlegm by Inducing Vomiting" category.
- Should vomiting become continuous, give 0.1-0.15g Moschus She Xiang as an antidote.