Herbs That Open Orifices herbs traditional chinese medicine Bing Pian Borneol Jiu Jie Chang Pu Altaica Rhizome Niu Huang Cattle Gallstone She Xiang Navel Gland Secretions of Musk Deer Shi Chang Pu Sweetflag Rhizome Su He Xiang Resin of Rose Maloes, Styrax

Herbs That Open Orifices

Function Overview

  • Opens up sensory orifices and awakens the spirit - delirium, coma, locked jaw, clenched fists, rigid limbs, seizures.
  • There herbs are scattering by nature and can drain yuan qi; treats symptoms, not the root.

Summary & Key Herbs

  • She Xiang, Su He Xiang, Bing Pian - open orifices, treat loss of consciousness.
    • She Xiang - most intensely aromatic and penetrating in materia medica, trauma, sores.
    • Bing Pian - similar but much weaker.
    • Su He Xiang - wind-stroke with collapse due to phlegm.
  • Niu Huang - not as potent as She Xiang in opening orifices, but effective in clearing heat and relieving toxicity, often used together with She Xiang to treat coma due to heat disorder.
  • Shi Cang Pu - opens orifices is secondary to its general aromatic action in vaporizing phlegm.

6 herbs in this functional category.

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