WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

It is the dried root bark or trunk bark of Ailsnthus altissimoa(Mill.)Swingle.,family Indian Quassia wood. It can be collected all year round, the root bark or trunk bark is peeled, after the outer rough bark is scraped off, it is dried in the sunshine and cut off. The raw or baked with brans is utilized for medicine.

[Medicinal Properties]: Bitter, astringent and cold; relate to the large intestine, stomach and liver meridians.

[Medicinal Efficacies]: Clear heat and dry dampness; astringe to relieve leucorrhea, diarrhea and stop bleeding.

 [Clinical Applications]: 

1.           Leukorrhea with reddish and whitish discharge It is often used treating for leukorrhea with reddish and whitish discharge due to damp-heat attacking the lower energizer, lost restriction of the belt vessel, it is mostly used with Huangbai, such as in the formula Chushugen Pill.

 2.           Prolonged diarrhea and dysentery, diarrhea and dysentery due to damp-heat For prolonged diarrhea and dysentery, it is usually used together with Hezi and Mudingxiang, such as in the formula Helile Pill; for diarrhea and dysentery due to damp-heat, it is often used with Diyu.

 3.           Metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, menorrhagia, hematochezia, hemorrhoids with bleeding It is especially suitable to treat metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, hematochezia due to blood heat. In treating metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, menorrhagia, it is often used in combination with Huangbai, Huangqin, Baishao, such as in the formula Gujing Pill; for hematochezia, hemorrhoids with bleeding, it can be used alone as pill or together with Cebaiye, Shengma. In Addition, it also has the function of killing worms, it can treat abdominal pain causing by ascaris for oral use, it also can treat acariasis wih itching for external washing.
 
[Usage and Dosage]: 6-9g is used for oral use, the appropriate amounts can be used for external use.
 
[Precautions]: It should be used with caution in patients with deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach.

椿皮为苦木科植物臭椿(樗)Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle 的根皮或树皮。 主产于山东、辽宁、河南、安徽等地，全年可采，剥下根皮或干皮，刮去外层粗皮， 晒干、切段或切丝。生用或麸炒用。