Ban Xia, Pinellia rhizome - 4 oz.

Dries dampness, transforms phlegm and causes rebellious qi to descend*

English Name: Pinellia rhizome
Chinese Name: Ban Xia
Unit Size: 4 oz.
Potency: 8:1
Taste: Acrid - Bensky
Properties: Warm, Toxic - Bensky
Channels Entered: Lung, Spleen, Stomach - Bensky
Actions: Acrid for opening, slippery for directing qi downward, and bitter for drying; best used for thin phlegm or dampness as well as rebellious Stomach qi. - Bensky
Pattern: Cold phlegm in the Lungs; rebellious qi, phlegm
Chinese Symptomology: cough with copious sputum, nausea and vomiting due to many causes including cold, thin mucus, Stomach deficiency, Stomach heat, or pregnancy; nodules, pressure, distention or pain due to phlegm and heat in the chest and apigastrium leading to a stifling, distended sensation in the epigastrium that is aggravated by pressure, coughing of viscous, yellow sputum. - Bensky
Materia Medica: Transform Phlegm & Aid Cough
Contraindications: As a warm and drying herb, it should be used with caution (if at all) in patients with dry cough from yin deficiency, sore throat from fire excess, or bleeding. - Bensky