Specifications
1. dry the wetness-evil and eliminate phlegm
2. calm the adverse-rising energy
3. prevent or arrest vomiting
It is acrid in flavour, warm in nature and toxic. It acts on the spleen, stomach and lung channels.
Pinellia Tuber is the dried tuber of Pinelliae ternate (Thunb.) Breit. (Fam. Araceae).
Function:
To remove damp and phlegm, to relieve nausea and vomiting, and to eliminate stuffiness in the chest and the epigastrium.Cough and asthma with much phlegm; dizziness and palpitation due to retention of phlegm and fluid; vertigo caused by wind-phlegm; beadache with cold extremities due to attack of phlegm; stuffiness in the chest and the epigastrium; globus hystericus. Rhizoma Pineliae (processed with ginger ) is often used for relieving nausea and vomiting, while Rhizoma pinelliae (Proccessed with alum) for removing damp and phlegm. Rhizoma Pinelliae (unproccessed) is used externally for boils, sores and lymphadenitis. It can Clearing dampness to reduce phlegm, lowering the adverse Qi to stop vomiting.
Used:For external use, appropriate quantity to be rubbed into juice or grond into powder and applied topically after mixing with liquor.
Precaution: Incompatible with Radix Aconiti and allied drugs.