Lycium Cortex, Di Gu Pi Lycium Cortex, Di Gu Pi 地骨皮 Chinese Wolfberry root-barkDi Gu Pi (TCM) Lycium chinenseDuhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition (1800-1803) Botanical name: Lycium chinense, L. barbarum Parts used: Root-bark Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Classification: B. Clears Deficient Heat Uses: 1. Cools the Blood, Clears Deficient-Heat:-clears Kidney heat-Steaming Bone disorder; Heat in the bones, especially at night-‘Wasting and Thirsting Disorder’, overlaps Diabetes-Night-sweats, Irritability, Thirst-Chronic Low Grade Fever; Hectic Fever-‘Floating Fire’, deficient-Heat that rises to cause Toothache2. Clears Lung Heat, Stops Cough:-Lung Heat Cough, Wheezing-Bronchitis3. Externally:-in washes for Genital Itching Dose: Decoction: 6–15 gramsPowder: 1–4 grams Comment: This is the root-bark of the Goji plant. Main Combinations: 1. Deficient Heat, Steaming Bone Disorder:i. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with Stellaria Yin Chai Hu, Anemarrhena Zhi Muii. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with Paeonia Mu Dan Pi, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huangiii. Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with Saposhnikovia Fang Feng, Bamboo leaf (Zhu Ye), Licorice (as in Di Xian San comes from Pu Ji Ben Shi Fang [Effective Prescriptions for Universal Relief])iv. Fever of Consumtpion, Lycium Cortex Di Gu Pi with Bupleurum Chai Hu, Ophiopogon Mai Men Dong (as in Di…

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