Niu Huang
Calculus Bovis牛黄
- Nature
- Cool
- Flavours
- Bitter, Sweet
- Meridians
- Heart, Liver
- Class
- Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Resolving Medicinals (Qing Re Jie Du Yao)Liver-Pacifying Medicinals (Ping Gan Yao)Orifice-Opening Medicinals (Kai Qiao Yao)
- Dosage
- 0.15–0.3 · 0.2–0.5 g
Actions / Functions
- Clarifies the Heart
- Resolves Phlegm (Tan)
- Opens the Orifices and awakens the Spirit
- Clarifies the Liver
- Extinguishes the Wind
- Stops convulsions
- Stops spasms
- Clarifies Heat
- Eliminates toxins
- Smoothens the throat
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction – topic use)
- Dissipates necrotic tissues