Xie Bai - 薤白 - Bulbus Allii Macrostemi - Chinese Garlic - Chives

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Bulbus Allii Macrostemi
Common English:	Baked Long-stamen Onion Bulb Bakeri Chinese Garlic Chives Macrostem Onion

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Acrid Bitter	Warm	Large Intestine Lung Stomach (Heart)	4-10g Fresh: 30-60g Tincture: 1-4ml

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Alleviates pain, Disperses Cold Phlegm, Disperses hardenings, Disperses turbid Phlegm, Unblocks Yang Qi	Damp-Cold painful obstruction of the chest due to Cold, turbid Phlegm Stagnation preventing the flow of Yang Qi with chest, flank, or upper back pain, dyspnea, cough, wheezing and a stifling sensation in the chest, angina pectoris
*Descends Qi,* reduces Stagnation and stops diarrhea**	Damp Stagnation in the Large Intestine associated with dysenteric disorders and tenesmus

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Use with caution for patients taking anticoagulants such as heparin, warfarin (Coumadin) and enoxaparin (Lovenox) or antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin, dipyridamole (Persantine) and clopidogrel (Plavix) as concurrent use may have an additive or synergistic effect.

Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia	Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen Flos Carthami Hong Hua	Lignum Santali Albi Tan Xiang
Damp-Cold painful obstruction of the chest.	Damp-Cold painful obstruction of the chest with Blood Stasis.	Warms the Yang , disperses clumps and unblocks painful obstruction to treat Chest Bi.
Faeces Trogopterori Wu Ling Zhi	Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao (Fr. Aurantii Immaturus) (Zhi Shi)	Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai Cx. Fraxini Qin Pi
Painful obstruction of the chest.	Dysenteric diarrhea due to Qi Stagnation.	Red and white dysenteric diarrhea.
Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou	Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen Flos Carthami Hong Hua Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao	Concha Ostreae Mu Li
Chest Bi with profuse Phlegm.	Chest Bi with stabbing pain from Blood Stagnation.	Edema.
Minium Qian Dan	Olibanum Ru Xiang
Dysentery. Enteritis.	Abdominal pain.

According to some sources, it promotes the movement of Qi and Blood to treat chest pain from Blood Obstructing the Heart channel.
For Wind-Cold Fluid retention, it can be applied externally as a paste.
It addresses Cold Stagnation problems in late pregnancy or around labor.
Mixed with honey, it can be applied externally to burns.
It has been shown to inhibit cancer cell growth.
Dry-fried Chinese Garlic Chao Xie Bai is less slippery and less irritating to the Stomach, making it the preferred form for a weak Spleen and Stomach or peptic ulcer.
It is reputed to aid the digestion of grain and meat and to cure furuncles and carbuncles.
The juice is indicated for hematemesis and cardiac pain.
For cardiac pain, take 2ml of the fresh juice.
Taken as a decoction, it treats convulsions.
Inserted into the anus, it relieves obstruction and constipation.