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.)

Ku Ding Cha 苦丁茶 - Folium Ilicis

Pharmaceutical Latin: Folium Ilicis
Common English: Ilicis

Category

Herbs that Release the Exterior: Cool, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior (Wind-Heat Diaphoretics)

Properties

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Sweet
Bitter
Cold Spleen
Lung
Stomach
3-9g

Actions And Indications

Actions Indications/Syndromes
Disperses Wind-Heat, clears head and eyes and controls fidgets and thirst

Wind-Heat with headache, toothache, ocular irriatation, cerumen, fidgets and thirst due to Wind-Heat

Dysentery

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Major Combinations

Notes

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