Di Gu Pi (Wolfberry Bark) 4oz

Pharmaceutical Name: Cortex Lycii Botanical Name: Lycium chinensis Mill.Lycium barbarum L. Common Name: Wolfberry BarkLycium Bark Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao Jing Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: The roots are dug in spring or autumn. The bark is peeled off the roots, dried in the sun and cut into pieces. Properties and Taste: Sweet or tasteless and cold Meridian: Lung and kidney Functions: To cool bloodTo clear heat in the lungs Indications and Combinations: 1.     Heat in the blood and deficient yin manifested as afternoon fever and night sweating. *Use with Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhimu) and Turtle shell (Biejia). 2.  Heat in the lungs and deficient yin manifested as cough, asthma and cough with blood.*Use with Imperata rhizome (Baimaogen) and Biota tops (Cebaiye) .  Dosage: 6-15 g Cautions: This herb is contraindicated in cases with fever due to common cold or weakness of the spleen accompanied by diarrhea.