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Biota tops (Cebaiye)
Pharmaceutical Name : Cacumen Biotae
Botanical Name: Biota orientalis (L.) Endl.
Common Name : Biota tops, Acborvitae tops
Source of Earliest Record: Mingyi Bielu
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations : The leafy twigs are gathered
all year round. They are dried in a shady
place and cut into pieces.
Properties & Taste: Bitter, astringent
and slightly cold
Meridians: Lung, liver and large intestine
Functions: To cool blood and stop bleeding
Indications & Combinations:
1. Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood
by heat manifested as cough with blood, vomiting
with blood, epistaxis, hematuria and uterine
bleeding. Biota tops (Cebaiye) is used with
Japanese thistle (Daji), Small thistle (Xiaoji)
and Imperata rhizome (Baimaogen).
2. Hemorrhages due to deficiency and cold.
Biota tops (Cebaiye) is used with Mugwort
leaf (Aiye).
Dosage: 10-15 g |
