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Eupatorium (Peilan)
Pharmaceutical
Name : Herba Eupatorii
Botanical Name : Eupatorium fortunei Turcz.
Common Name : Eupatorium
Source of Earliest Record : Shennong Bencao
Jing
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations : The aerial parts of the plant
are harvested either in summer or autumn,
with autumn being preferable. They are cut
into pieces and dried in the sun.
Properties & Taste : Pungent and neutral
Meridians : Spleen and stomach
Functions:
1. To transform dampness;
2. To release summer-heat
Indications & Combinations:
1. Dampness blocking spleen and stomach manifested
as epigastric and abdominal distension and
fullness, nausea, vomiting and poor appetite.
Eupatorium (Peilan) is used with Agastache
(Huoxiang), Atractylodes rhizome (Cangzhu),
Magnolia bark (Houpo) and Round cardamom seed
(Baidoukou).
2. Invasion by exogenous summer-heat and
dampness or early stage of damp-heat febrile
diseases manifested as stifling sensation
in the chest, absence of hunger, low-grade
fever and sallow complexion. Eupatorium (Peilan)
is used with Agastache (Huoxiang), Sweet wormwood
(Qinghao), Talc (Huashi) and Coix seed (Yiyiren).
Dosage: 5-10 g |
