What are the effects and uses of Schizonepeta spike?

Schizonepeta spike, also known as Xiangjingji, Xianji, Silengganhao, Jiasu and so on, is the dried flower spike of Schizonepeta tenuifolia of the genus Schizonepeta in the Lamiaceae family. Used as medicine, it has the effects of releasing the exterior and dispelling wind, promoting eruption and resolving sores, and has a good therapeutic effect on the common cold, headache, measles, rubella, and the early stages of sores and ulcers. Let us take a look together at the effects and uses of Schizonepeta spike below!

The medicinal effects of Schizonepeta spike

[Nature and flavor] Pungent in flavor, slightly warm in nature.

[Meridians entered] Lung and Liver meridians.

[Effects] Releases the exterior and dispels wind, promotes eruption and resolves sores; mainly treats the common cold, headache, measles, rubella, and the early stages of sores and ulcers.

Contraindications for the use of Schizonepeta spike

1. Contraindicated in those with exterior deficiency and spontaneous sweating, and in those with yin deficiency headache.

2. Prolonged use of Schizonepeta causes thirst disease.

3. When taking wind medicines such as Schizonepeta, avoid eating fish.

4. It is incompatible with donkey meat and scaleless fish.

5. It is contraindicated in patients with exterior deficiency and sweating; it should not be used by those with blood deficiency and cold-heat not caused by wind-dampness or wind-cold. In those with yin deficiency and flaming fire with a red face, and headache arising from this, caution must be taken not to use it by mistake.

Medicinal selected formulas of Schizonepeta spike

1. Schizonepeta spike for hemorrhoid fistula swelling and pain: Boil Schizonepeta in water to make a decoction, and wash with it every day.

2. Schizonepeta spike for blood in the urine: Schizonepeta and Amomum villosum, in equal parts. Grind into powder. Take three qian with glutinous rice water, three times a day.

3. Schizonepeta spike for all kinds of sores and scabies: Schizonepeta, honeysuckle, and Smilax glabra, in equal parts. Grind into powder, make pills with a paste of prepared rehmannia, the size of Firmiana seeds. Take one hundred pills each morning and evening, taken with tea or wine as desired.

4. Schizonepeta spike for moist and macerated toe webs: Pound Schizonepeta leaves and apply topically.

5. Schizonepeta spike for all wind conditions, with deviation of the mouth and eyes: One jin of green Schizonepeta, one jin of green mint. Grind together in a stone mortar, squeeze the juice through raw silk cloth into a porcelain vessel, boil into a paste; of the remaining dregs, divide into three parts, discard one part, sun-dry the remaining two parts and grind into powder, mix with the paste to make pills the size of Firmiana seeds. Take twenty pills per dose, up to three doses from morning to evening. Avoid wind-stirring foods.

6. Schizonepeta spike for blood in the stool: Two liang of Schizonepeta, one liang of Sophora japonica flower. Stir-fry until purple and grind into powder. Take three qian per dose, taken with clear tea.

7. Schizonepeta spike for wind-heat congesting the lungs, swollen and painful throat, inability to speak, or the sensation of something stuck in the throat: Half a liang of Schizonepeta spike, two liang of Platycodon grandiflorus, one liang of prepared licorice. Grind the above into a coarse powder. Take four qian per dose with one cup of water and three slices of ginger, decoct to six fen, remove the dregs, and take warm after meals.

8. Schizonepeta spike for various head and eye disorders, blood taxation, wind-induced headache, dizziness and blurred vision: Grind Schizonepeta spike into powder. Take three qian per dose with wine.

9. Schizonepeta spike for postpartum blood dizziness, pressing on the heart, eyes turned backward, and wind contraction with near death: Dried Schizonepeta spike, pounded and sifted. Use two qian-spoonfuls of the powder each time, mix with one wine cup of a boy's urine, and take warm; for those with lockjaw, pry open the teeth, and for those with clenched jaw, pour into the nose.

10. Schizonepeta spike for blood in the stool: Schizonepeta, stir-fried and ground into powder. Take two qian per dose with rice water; women take it with wine. It can also be mixed with flour to make wontons and eaten.

11. Schizonepeta spike for wind-toxin scrofula, red swelling, pain and hardness: One sheng of Arctium lappa fruit (lightly stir-fried), four liang of Schizonepeta spike. Pound and sift coarsely into a powder. Take three qian per dose with one medium cup of water, decoct to five fen, remove the dregs, add half a ge of bamboo juice, stir well and take, three times a day.

12. Schizonepeta spike for urinary retention with obstruction, acute pain in the lower abdomen, and swelling and pain of the anus, regardless of whether recent or chronic: Rhubarb (halved if urine is not passing) and Schizonepeta spike (halved if stool is not passing), in equal parts. Grind each separately into powder. Take one to two qian per dose, mixed with warm water, adjusting the dose as needed.

13. Schizonepeta spike for wind-heat headache: Schizonepeta spike and gypsum, in equal parts. Grind into powder. Take two qian per dose, taken with tea.