【Properties of White Ox Gall
① "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "It has a slightly bitter and pungent taste, with a neutral nature and no toxicity."
② "Hunan Materia Medica": "It is pungent, warm, and non-toxic."
【Channels Entered by White Ox Gall】
"Quanzhou Materia Medica": "It enters the liver, lung, spleen, and stomach meridians."
【Functions and Indications of White Ox Gall】
It dispels wind, promotes diuresis, promotes qi circulation, and relieves stagnation. It is used to treat rheumatic joint pain, chest stuffiness, malaria, dysentery, diarrhea, postpartum cold, hepatitis, hemorrhoids, and scabies.
① "Wild Plant Resources in Guangxi": "It is used to treat dysentery and watery diarrhea."
② "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "It promotes qi circulation and relieves pain, opens the chest and diaphragm, clears the liver and improves vision, promotes diuresis, and aids digestion."
③ "Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine": "It dispels wind and releases the exterior, eliminates dampness, and promotes diuresis. It is used to treat postpartum cold, blood stasis pain, difficulty urinating during pregnancy, hepatitis, stomach pain, indigestion, abdominal pain, toothache, and swollen neck lymph nodes."
【Dosage and Administration of White Ox Gall】
Oral: Decoction, 0.5-1 liang (fresh ones 1-2 liang). Topical: Crush and apply or use as a wash.
【Formulas with White Ox Gall】
① Treatment for lumbago and leg pain: Artemisia argyi 1 liang, Euonymus alatus root 6 qian, Sinomenium acutum 3 qian, and Angelica sinensis 6 qian. Decoction, divided into two doses per day. ("Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Formula")
② Treatment for malaria: White Ox Gall 1 liang. Decoction, orally taken. ("Hunan Materia Medica")
③ Treatment for dysentery: Dried leaves of White Ox Gall 1 liang. Decoction with sugar and soak, orally taken.
④ Treatment for diarrhea: Dried leaves of White Ox Gall 1.5 liang. Decoction, orally taken.
⑤ Treatment for eye pain: Fresh leaves of White Ox Gall 1 liang. Decoction, orally taken. (Formula 3 from "Quanzhou Materia Medica")
⑥ Killing microfilariae: ㈠Artemisia argyi 2 liang, Areca catechu 5 qian. Decoction, orally taken for seven doses. ㈡Artemisia argyi 4 liang. Decoction, orally taken for six to seven doses. ("Fujian Traditional Chinese Medicine" (4): 1, 1959)
⑦ Treatment for postpartum wind invasion: Artemisia argyi 6 qian, Houttuynia cordata 3 qian, Hibiscus syriacus 4 qian. Decoction, orally taken. ("Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Formula")
⑧ Treatment for gallstones and cholecystitis: Artemisia argyi, Hedyotis diffusa, Smilax glabra each 5 qian, Plantago asiatica 1 liang, Acorus tatarinowii 2 qian, Ziziphus jujuba 1 qian. Decoction, divided into three doses. ("Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Formula")
⑨ Treatment for hemorrhoids and scabies: Artemisia argyi 2 liang. Decoction, use as a wash for affected areas. ("Hunan Materia Medica")
