Ba Dou
Fructus/Semen Crotonis Pulveratum巴豆
- Nature
- Hot
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, Sour
- Meridians
- Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach
- Class
- Downward-Draining (Purgative) Medicinals (Xie Xia Yao)Drastic [Purging] Water-Expelling Medicinals (Jun Xia Zhu Shui Yao)
- Dosage
- 0.1–0.3 g
Actions / Functions
- Purges and clears out through the bottom
- Favors the feces
- Purges the Water (drastic action)
- Resolves Phlegm (Tan)
- Disperses swellings (edemas)
- Smoothens the throat
- Expels pus
- Expels pus (topic use)
- Eliminates parasites (topic use)
- Eliminates toxins (topic use)
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction – topic use)