bi ba
荜茇 fructus piperis longi
bi = piper, ba = grass
HOT
Acrid
Stomach and Large Intestine (yangming)
Small dose: 1.5 - 4.5 grams
My favorite line in Bensky about Bi Ba...it "kills meaty odor." Bi Ba is primarily a food digesting herb that expels stomach cold by warming the middle and driving qi downward. It will release cold that is buried deep in the digestive tract, specifically, cold that is in the Large Intestine.
1. Warms the middle / stops pain
* epigastric & abdominal cold & pain
* vomiting, belching, hiccups
2. Dispels cold qi from the bladder
* turbid urine or urinary dysfunction d/t cold from deficiency in the lower burner
3. Applied as a powder for toothache
CI: Yin deficient heat.
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