Tian Kui Zi - 天葵子 - Radix Semiaquilegiae

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Radix Semiaquilegiae
Common English:	Semiaquilegia Root Tuber

Category

Herbs that Clear Heat and Resolve Toxicity

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Bitter (Acrid)	Cold (Neutral)	Liver Spleen Bladder	3-16g

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Heat, Disperses Stagnation, Reduces swelling, Resolves toxicity	Abscesses, swelling, toxic sores and deep-rooted furuncles. Some types of cancer

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

Major Combinations

Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua Hb. Violae Zi Hua Di Ding Flos Chrysanthemi Indici Ye Ju Hua	Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum Lu Jiao Shuang	Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Concha Ostreae Mu Li
Abscesses and furuncles with localized redness, swelling, heat and pain	Breast abscess	Scrofula
Hb. Scutellariae Barbatae Ban Zhi Lian Hb. Hedyotis Diffusae Bai Hua She She Cao Rz. Paridis Chong Lou	Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying Rx. Rhapontici Lou Lu
Hepatic cancer, breast cancer, and some forms of lymphoma	Breast abscesses and fibrocystic breast disorder with red, painful, palpable masses

Notes

• Snakebite can be treated with this herb.
• It promotes urination mildly.
• It is reported to help pass urinary stones.
• For tiger and snake bites, squeeze out the juice and drink it. Applied over the wound, it detoxifies and relieves pain.
• It mildly settles convulsions and tremors.
• Research has shown that it inhibits cancer cell growth.
• It is reported to cure rock-hard breast cancer.
• It is said to be used mainly for Internal damage from Phlegm-Fire.
• It treats malignant boils and scrofula, and its strength increases when soaked in wine.
• Hb. Semiaquilegiae Zi Bei Tian Kui comes from the aerial part of the same plant. It gently dispels masses and treats carbuncles, abscesses and nodules. The dosage is 3-10g