Difference between revisions of "Cong Bai"

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Other Names : Bulbus Allii, Scallion, Spring Onion, Chinese Green Onion, Chive, Alium
See also : Onion

Special Precautions of Cong Bai

• Contraindicated for those with exterior Deficiency with profuse sweat (Tai Yang Zhong Feng).
• Use with caution for those with Yin Deficiency and Yang Excess.
• Large doses can produce gastric irritation, hemorrhoids, headache and fever.
• Over use can injure the beard and head hair and cause confusion due to Yin Deficiency with deficient Heat rising upward.
• Incompatible with Honey Feng Mi internally.
• Incompatible with dates internally.
• Incompatible with Rx. Dichroa Chang Shan.

Health Benefits and uses of Cong Bai are

Herbs That Release the Exterior: Warm, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior (Wind-Cold Diaphoretics)

• Releases the exterior and induces sweating : Wind-Cold especially very early stages
• Disperses Cold and unblocks Yang
  • Abdominal pain due to blockage of Yang Qi by Cold
  • Nasal congestion and pain due to blockage of Yang Qi by Cold
• Relieves toxicity and disperses clumps : Toxic sores and abscesses (topical)
• Kills parasites : Abdominal pain due to Intestinal parasites

Used in Patent medicine

• Cong Bai Jie Geng Tang