Lycium Cortex, Di Gu Pi 地骨皮

Chinese Wolfberry root-bark
Di Gu Pi (TCM)
Picture Lycium chinense
Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition (1800-1803)

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Botanical name:


Lycium chinense, L. barbarum

Parts used:


Root-bark

Temperature & Taste:


Cool, dry. Sweet

Classification:


B. Clears Deficient Heat

Uses:


1. Cools the Blood, Clears Deficient-Heat:
-clears Kidney heat
-Steaming Bone disorder; Heat in the bones, especially at night
-‘Wasting and Thirsting Disorder’, overlaps Diabetes
-Night-sweats, Irritability, Thirst
-Chronic Low Grade Fever; Hectic Fever
-‘Floating Fire’, deficient-Heat that rises to cause Toothache

2. Clears Lung Heat, Stops Cough:
-Lung Heat Cough, Wheezing
-Bronchitis

3. Externally:
-in washes for Genital Itching


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Dose:


Decoction: 6–15 grams
Powder: 1–4 grams

Comment:


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Main Combinations:


1. Deficient Heat, Steaming Bone Disorder:
i. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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ii. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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iii. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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iv. Fever of Consumtpion, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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v. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with,

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vi. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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vii. rising Heat burning the Fluids, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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viii. deficient Fever of Tuberculosis, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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ix. Deficient Fever or ‘Steaming Bone Disorder’ in Children, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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2. Wasting and Thirsting, Diabetes, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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3. Lung Heat Cough:
i. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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ii. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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iii. Lung-Heat Asthma, rapid Breathing, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi,

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4. Early periods from Blood heat Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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5. As a wash for Genital Itching, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with

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Cautions:


Generally safe. It has very low toxicity.
Caution in Cold and Weakness of the Stomach

Main Preparations used: