Distribution:
Distributed in northeastern China, northern China, and Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan provinces, and other places.
Properties (characteristics):
Bitter, acrid, warm.
Channels (meridians) entered:
Spleen, stomach.
Actions & Indications:
Malnutrition in children; chronic diarrhea, dysentery; malignant sore; scabies, tinea (including ringworm, athlete's foot and jock itch).
Chemical ingredients:
Contains a variety of vegetable oils, vitamins, tannins, sugars, a little alkaloids and saponins.
Dosage:
Oral, in decoction 3 to 10 g, or mix into pills, plaster, and powder.
External application: use appropriate amount. Grind into powder and mix into paste and appy.
Cautions:
Those with pixu (spleen deficient) condition should use with care.