Peppermint
(bo he)
Herba
Menthae
Properties:
Peppermint is pungent in
flavour, cool in nature and acts on the lung and
liver channels. Pungent for dispersion and cool
for clearing heat, it can disperse pathogenic
wind-heat from the lung channel, clear heat from
the head and eye, promote eruption, relieve sore
throat, regulate the liver-qui, soothe the liver
and alleviate mental depression, It is often
used to treat wind-heat affected by exopathogens
and stagnation of the liver-qi.
Effects:
Dispersing wind-heat, easing
sore throat, promoting eruption, soothing the
liver and alleviating mental depression.
Indication:
1.To treat
wind-heat affected by exopathogens, fever and
headache, or initial stage of epidemic febrile
disease at Wei phase, peppermint is often used
in combination with honeysuckle flower,
forsythia fruit and other herbs, such as Yin
Qiao Powder.
2.
To treat headache, conjunctival
congestion, sore throat and other symptoms due
to upward attack by wind-heat, peppermint can be
used in combination with mulberry leaf,
chrysanthemum flower, schizonepeta and other
herbs.
3.
To treat infantile measles without smooth
eruption or itching from Germen measles, it is
often used in combination with schizonepeta,
ledebouriella root, arnebia or lithosperm root
and other herbs.
In addition,
peppermint can also be used to treat syndromes
caused by stagnation of the liver-qi. However,
because its potency is relatively weak, it is
mainly used as an auxiliary herb.
Dosage and
Administration: 1.5-6g. To be decocted
later.
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