Xian Ren Zhang - 仙人掌 - Rhizoma Opuntiae

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Rhizoma Opuntiae
Common English:	Prickly Pear Rhizome

Category

Herbs that Clear Heat and Purge Fire

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter	Cool	?	30-60g

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Heat, Eliminates toxins, Invigorates the Blood, Promotes the movement of Qi, Stops bleeding	Chest and abdominal pain due to nervousness, dysentery, bleeding hemorrhoids, coughing, sore throat, Lung abscess, mastitis, snakebite

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

Major Combinations

Notes

1. Optunia ficus-indica Li Guo Xian Ren Zhang clears the Lungs, stops coughing, cools the Blood and resolves toxins; it is used for coughing from Lung Heat, tuberculosis, hemoptysis, dysentery, bleeding hemorrhoids, breast abscess, sores, burns and scalds, lichen, and snake and insect bites.