Niu Huang Niu Huang Niu Huang Cattle Gallstone tcm herb traditional chinese medicine niu huang tcm herbal database

Niu Huang - Cattle Gallstone

Clinical Applications

  • Clears the heart, opens the orifices, awakens the spirit, vaporizes phlegm - delirium or coma due to wind-heat or hot diseases with hot phlegm obstructing the pericardium.
  • Clears the liver, relieves toxicity, extinguishes wind, stops tremors - spasms, tremors, convulsions with high fever due to heat entering the liver.
  • Drains heat and relieves fire toxicity - red, painful, swollen, or ulcerated throat as well as for sores, carbuncles, boils, and a wide variety of hot swellings.

Functional Category

Herbs That Open Orifices

Channels Influenced

Heart Liver

Dosage & Preparation

  • Dosage: 0.15-1g

Cautions & Precautions

  • Do not use during pregnancy.
Relationships
TCM Formulas that include Niu Huang (3)