Prepared Root of Japanese Stemona
Radix Stemonae Preparata
Zhi Bai Bu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Minor warm; sweet; bitter

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of acute and chronic cough, cough in phthisis, whooping cough, external use: for pediculosis capitis, pediculosis corporis, oxyruiasis, pudendal itching.radix stemonae (stir-fried with honey) cough in phthisis.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

1. relieving cough in common cold. stemona root (baibu) is used with schizonepeta (jingjie), platycodon root (jiegeng) and aster root (ziwan). 2. relieving whooping cough. stemona root (baibu) is used with glehnia root (beishashen), tendrilled fritillary bulb (chuanbeimu) and swallowwort rhizome (baiqian). 3. relieving cough due to tuberculosis. stemona root (baibu) is used with ophiopogon root (maidong) and fresh rehmannia root (shengdihuang). 4. lice of the head or body. the herb is made into a 20% tincture, or a 50% decoction used as an external wash.5. pinworm. the 30-ml 100% decoction as an enema before sleep, daily for five days.