Lang Du - 狼毒 - Radix Alocasiae Seu Euphorbiae

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Radix Alocasiae seu Euphorbiae Radix Euphorbiae Ebracteolatae Radix Euphorbiae Pallash Radix Stellariae
Common English:	Alocasin Arrow Poison Chinese Wolfbane

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter Acrid	Neutral (Hot) Toxic	Lung Heart (Liver) (Spleen)	0.9-2.4g

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Removes Phlegm and disperses accumulation

Phlegm-Damp Retention

Food Stagnation

Abdominal distension, Abdominal masses, Anal fistula, Edema

Cough with dyspnea, swelling of the chest and abdomen, scrofula, cutaneous tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis

Kills Intestinal parasites and alleviates pain

Scabies, roundworms and verminosis

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Flos Inulae (30g)
Xuan Fu Hua
Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (60g)
Zhi Fu Zi

+ 60g of this herb Take 2 or 3 pills at a time for a solid abdo-minal mass

Bi-lateral flank pain

For topical use, the herb can be pounded into juice or ground into powder.
Research shows that it inhibits the growth of cancer cells and eases cancer pain.
It is reported to cure deep-rooted carbuncles caused by parasites, as well as scrofula.