Chinese
Therapeutic Actions:
Clears Heat and
Extinguishes Wind
- Extinguishes wind and heat to treat
high fever, mania, convulsions and epilepsy
- Treats seizures, twitching, spasms or
meningitis with unremitting fever and unconsciousness
- Used to treat schizophrenia or mania
with high fever
Arrests Wheezing.
- Asthma, bronchial wheezing, whooping
cough in children and respiratory disorders due to heat
- Lung heat with dyspnea and cough
- Whopping cough or bronchial spasms with
phlegm
Opens the Channels
- Unblocks channels, relieves pain and
treats various disorders related to blockage in the channels and
collaterals
- Bi zheng caused by heat with red and
swollen joints that are hot to the touch
- Pain that worsens with exposure to heat
- Coldness in the joints, reduced
mobility and pain that worsens with exposure to cold
- Post stroke hemiplegia, paralysis with
qi and blood stagnation
- Bone fractures with swelling and pain
Promotes Urination
- Urinary difficulties with diuresis,
urinary stones or the inability to urinate
- Dampness accumulations in the lower
limbs with itching between the toes and numb, weak feet
- Edema of the lower extremeties
Anchors Liver Yang and Lowers Blood Pressure
- Hypertension. caused by Liver Yang
rising with red eyes, headache, dizziness or bitter taste
Use Topically to Promote Healing
- Acute parotitis, chronic ulcers of the
lower limbs, burns, boils or carbuncles.
Typical
Usage
1 to 3 grams used in decoction or as directed by your health
practitioner.
Cautions and
Contraindications
- The use of Di Long is contraindicated
in patients with spleen and stomach deficiencies or those who do not
show excess heat symptoms.
- Di Long should be used with caution
during pregnancy, as it stimulates contraction of the uterus.
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