Fraxinus rhynchophylla, Qin Pi 秦皮

Korean or Chinese Ash tree
Qin Pi (TCM)
Stab seng  སྟབ་སེང༌ (Tibet)
Fraxinus chinensis
Nakai, T., Trees and shrubs indigenous in Japan proper [Dai Nihon jumokushi] (1935-1951)

Fraxinus rhynchophylla
(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia)

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Botanical name:

Fraxinus rhynchophylla (syn. F. chinensis)
Other sources used include: F. bungeana, F. szaboana (syn. F. chinensis var acuminata), F. stylosa, F. mandshurica, F. paxiana (TCM)
F. suaveolens (Tibet)

Parts used:

Bark

Temperature & Taste:

Cool, dry. Astringent

Uses:

1. Clears Heat and Damp, Resists Toxin: (TCM, Tibet)
-Diarrhea, Dysentery (TCM)
-abdominal pain from Heat and Damp obstruction (Tibet)
-Leukorrhea with foul-smelling yellow discharge, or with Blood (TCM)

2. Clears Liver Heat, Benefits the Eyes: (TCM)
-red, swollen, sore eyes from Liver heat
-superficial visual obstruction
-Childhood Convulsions from Liver heat
-Mental illness (old use)

3. Benefits Kidneys, Heals Bones: (Tibet, TCM)
-Essence deficiency causing Lumbago, Impotence, Spermatorrhea (TCM)
-Fractures (Tibet)
-older texts said it is beneficial for lack of Sperm in men
-Wind-Damp painful obstruction (TCM)
-‘Bone Fever’ (Tibet)

4. Clears Heat, Stops Cough: (TCM)
-Lung Heat Cough and Wheezing
-chronic Bronchitis

5. Externally:
-as a wash for sore, red eyes
-decoction as a wash for red and itchy skin, Eczema, Psoriasis
-as a wash for vaginal itchiness

Dose:

Powder: 2–5 grams

Comment:

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Substitute:

… available in PRO version

Preparation:

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Main Combinations:

1. Diarrhea or Dysentery from Damp-Heat:
i. Fraxinus Qin Pi … available in PRO version
ii. Fraxinus Qin Pi with … available in PRO version
iii. Fraxinus Qin Pi with … available in PRO version
iv. Chronic bacillary Dysentery, Fraxinus Qin Pi with … available in PRO version
2. Sore, red, swollen Eyes from Liver heat:
i. Fraxinus Qin Pi with … available in PRO version
ii. Fraxinus Qin Pi with … available in PRO version
iii. Fraxinus Qin Pi with … available in PRO version
iv. Fraxinus Qin Pi with … available in PRO version
3. Stye, Fraxinus Qin Pi (9 grams), … available in PRO version
4. Leukorrhea, with foul-smelling yellow discharge from Damp-Heat, Fraxinus Qin Pi with … available in PRO version
5. Leukorrhea with Blood, or continuous bleeding, Fraxinus Qin Pi … available in PRO version
6. Childhood convulsions, Fraxinus Qin Pi, … available in PRO version

Major Formulas:

Bai Tou Weng Tang

Cautions:

Caution in Cold and Weakness of the Stomach

Main Preparations used: