Dictamnus, White Dittany, Bai Xian Pi ็ฝ้ฒ็ฎ Polemonium of the ancients; FraxinellaBai Xian Pi (Root-bark of the Chinese Dittany) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Japanese Herbal, 17trh Century (Welcome) Botanical name: Dictamnus spp. D. albus (syn. D. fraxinella, Fraxinella dictamnus) (West) D. hispanicus (West) D. dasycarpus and D. angustifolius are the Chinese White Dittany (TCM) Parts used: Root; Chinese use the Root-bark Temperature & Taste: Cold (Warm in West), dry. Bitter“Hot and dry upto the third degree” (Avicenna) Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING 2M. DRAWING3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS 3C. ALEXIPHARMICS 3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS 3G. EMMENAGOGUE4c. CARDIACPreparers and Purgers of MelancholyTCM:B. Clear Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison (West, TCM);-Infectious and Epidemic diseases-Venomous Bites and Poisons–diseases of various kinds due to Wind-Heat (Zhen Quan)-“treats Epidemics” (Da Ming)-“Dittany expels the viscous fluids from the Chest and Lungs” (Avicenna) -“It relieves coughing due to disorder of the Lung” (Su Song)2. Clears Heat from the Blood (TCM, West):-Eczema, Dermatosis, Urticaria, Scabies, Pustules, Boils etc.-skin inflammations with Yellow Watery discharge (Chinese Pharmacopoeia)3. Clears Heat and Damp (TCM, West):-Jaundice; Hepatitis (TCM, West)-obstruction of Urine, water retention-distilled water was used for Stones (Lonicerus)-acute Rheumatic Arthralgia (Chinese Pharmacopoeia); used for joint diseases in East and West-“difficulty in moving…
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