Sargassum
(hai zao)
Sargassum
Properties:
It is salty and bitter in flavour, and cold in nature. It
is tropistic to the liver, kidney channels. Its bitterness
is dispersing, saltiness is resolving the hard lumps, and
coldness can clear away heat. Its effects are removing
heat phlegm and resolving the hard lumps. It is indicated
chiefly in scrofula, goiter due to accumulation of
phlegm-heat.
Effects:
Removing heat-phlegm, resolving hard lumps, and diuretic.
Indications:
1. For treatment of goiter, it can used
in combination with Thallus Laminariae, Radix Gentianae,
Concha Meretricis seu Cyclinae, and other lumps-resolving
drugs; For treatment of subcutaneous nodule and scrofula,
it is usually used together with Radix Scrophulariae,
Bulbus Fritillariae, Spica Prunellae, Fructus Forsythiae,
and other drugs having the effect of resolving lumps,
phlegm and scrofula, such as Neixiao Luoli Wan.
2. For treatment of beriberi and
edema, it can be used in combination with Semen Arecae,
Semen Pruni, Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae, and other
diuretic drugs.
Dosage and Administration:
10-15g.
Precautions:
It is antagonistic to Radix Glycyrrhizae.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
