(Mian Ma) Guan Zhong - 貫眾 - Rhizoma Dryopteris
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Rhizoma Dryopteris |
| Common English: | Dryopteris Root |
Category
Herbs That Expel Parasites (Anthelmintics)Properties
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
| Bitter (Serrt) (Fragrant) | Cold (Slightly Cold) (Cool) Slightly Toxic | Liver Stomach (Spleen) | 4.5-16g Pill, capsule: 0.6-1g Tincture: 0.4-1ml |
Actions And Indications
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Kills parasites | Intestinal parasites including tapeworms, roundworms, pinworms (mild effect), liver fluke, threadworms and hookworms |
Clears Heat and relieves Fire toxicity | Warm-Heat toxic diseases with Fire Blazing (regardless of the level), measles, encephalitis, pneumonia |
Cools the Blood and stops bleeding | Blood Heat bleeding, all types of bleeding, especially uterine bleeding |
*Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions
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Major Combinations
| Fr. Quisqualis | Fr. Quisqualis | Fr. Ulmi Macrocarpae Preparatus |
Tapeworms. | Roundworms. | Pinworms. |
| Flos Lonicerae | Fr. Carpesii Abrotinoidis | Cacumen Platycladi |
Abscess and mumps due to Heat toxin. | Pinworms. | Excessive uterine bleeding due to Heat in the Blood. |
| Rz. Coptidis | Rx. Paeoniae Rubra | Fol. Isatidis |
Heat Toxin diseases. | Maculae that have difficulty being expressed. | Warm pathogen diseases including influenza, encephalitis B and mumps. |
| Flos Lonicerae | Fr. Quisqualis | Fol. Mori |
Prevents against measles. | Parasitic infestation. | Prevents the common cold and influenza. |
Flos Lonicerae | Rz. Coptidis | Crinis Carbonisatus |
Viral infection. Parotitis. Infectious bronchitis. | Powdered for hematemesis. | Severe and persistent hematemesis. |
Moschus | Faeces Trogopterori | |
Hematochezia due to lower gastrointestinal bleeding. | Uterine bleeding that is purple with Blood clots. |
Notes
- Habitual use leads to reduced taste sensation, increased appetite, periodontal disease and sometimes chronic diarrhea, along with discoloration of the mouth and lips. (It has a narcotic effect and is chewed together with an alkaline substance.)
- It is helpful for gastrointestinal problems accompanied by bloating and edema.
- It is particularly effective against tapeworms.
- It can be used for the common cold of the Wind-Heat type and for epistaxis.
- It breaks up fixed and mobile masses, eliminates head wind and treats metal-inflicted wounds.
- It treats Intestinal Damp-Heat with burning, difficult passage of stool, hemafecia, abdominal pain and thirst.
- After pregnancy, it contracts the female organs.
- Charred Dryopteris Guan Zhong Tan is used to stop bleeding.
- For postpartum bleeding, use 6g of vinegar-treated Guan Zhong taken with rice wine.