Qin Pi - 秦皮 - Cortex Fraxini

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Cortex Fraxini
Common English:	Ash Bark Fraxinus Bark Korean Ash Bark

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter Astringent	Cold	Gallbladder Large Intestine Liver (Stomach) (Lung)	3-16g Tincture: 1-3ml 6-12g (Secondary source)

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Heat, resolves toxicity and dries Dampness (Stops diarrhea and dysentery - astringes)	Diarrhea, dysenteric disorders and vaginal discharge due to Damp-Heat Hemafecia
Drains Liver Fire and benefits the eyes	Liver Fire affecting the eyes with redness and swelling of the eyes, styes or superficial visual obstruction, leukoma
Disperses Wind-Dampness	Wind-Damp-Heat Bi
Calms wheezing, stops coughs and resolves Phlegm	Wheezing and coughs due to Lung Heat, bronchitis

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai	Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis Ku Shen Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang	Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
Hot dysenteric disorders due to Heat toxin searing the Stomach and Intestines.	Dysentery with severe tenesmus.	Damp-Heat vaginal discharge.
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian Hb. Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye	Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng	Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
Redness and swelling of the eyes, sties, or superficial visual obstruction.	Cools Heat toxin and dries Dampness to treat Hot type red and white dysenteric disorders.	Diarrhea or dysentery with tenesmus due to Damp-Heat.
Sm. Cassiae Jue Ming Zi Hb. Equiseti Hiemalis Mu Zei Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua
Eye redness and swelling due to Liver Fire.

Its main use is in formulas for Damp-Heat affecting the Large Intestine and Gallbladder.
Being cold and drying, it clears Damp-Heat, while its astringency stops diarrhea.
Indications include Wind-Damp Heat Bi, superficial visual obstruction, lack of Jing in men, vaginal discharge in women, and childhood convulsions.
It may also be used as an eye wash.
Charred Fraxinus Qin Pi Tan is less cold and enters the Blood more readily, stopping bleeding and easing dysenteric disorders. It is commonly given when dysenteric disorders produce mucus, pus and Blood in the stool, and it can also be used for Intestinal Wind and irregular uterine bleeding.