Nui+Huang+(Cattle+or+Buffalo+Gallstone)

== =Niu Huang (cattle or buffalo gallstone) [“Yellow Cattle”]= Category: Clear Heat and Relieve Toxins Nature: cool Flavors: bitter Channels entered: **HT, LR**

Functions: clear heat and clean toxin; **subdue liver wind for relieving convulsion**; **open the orifice of heart by resolving phlegm.** Indications: 1. Infant convulsions due to stirring up of liver wind by extreme heat in warm diseases. 2. Coma and difficult speaking due to **blockages of the heart by the heat or by phlegm heat** in wind stroke or epilepsy; seizures **[clears consciousness]** 3. Ulcers, pain and swelling in the throat, canker sores, carbuncles and boils due to heat and toxin.

Dosage: .**2-.5g in powder form** Contra: **Contraindicated during pregnancy**; only used for excess heat syndrome.