Corallodiscus, Brag skya ha bo བྲག་སྐྱ་ཧ་བོ

Brag skya ha bo་ (Tibetan)
Shi Dan Cao (TCM)
Picture Corallodiscus lanuginosus
Photo by Woudloper (Wikimedia)

Botanical name:


Corallodiscus spp.
  1. C. lanuginosus (syn. C. flabellatus, Didissandra flabellata)
  2. C. kingianus

Parts used:


Whole herb

Temperature & Taste:


Cool, dry. Bitter

Classification:




Uses:


1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: (Tibet, TCM)
-all types of Toxicity
-Fever, Cough, Cold
-Food poisoning, Gastroenteritis
-Toxic Swollen Sores, Abscesses, Carbuncles (TCM)
-Acute Sore Throat (TCM)
-poisonous herbs including Aconitum (Tibet)

2. Clears Damp-Heat:
-Diarrhea, Dysentery (Tibet)
-Damp-Heat pain
-Leukorrhea including that with Blood

3. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:
-heat-type Bleeding (herb, root)
-Spotting, Excess Menstruation, Leukorrhea with Blood (Tibet)
-Bleeding from Wounds

4. Moves the Blood, Eases Pain:
-Irregular Menstruation
-Trauma, Bruising


Dose:


Decoction: 3–6 grams

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Major Formulas:



Cautions:


None noted

Main Preparations used: