Bo+He+(Field+Mint)

[[image:bo_he.JPG width="268" height="351" align="right"]]Bo He (Field Mint)
Category: Acrid Cool Herbs to Release the Exterior Nature: Cool Flavor: acrid & **aromatic** Channels: LU, LR

Functions: disperses wind-heat; clear head and eyes; ease the throat; **express skin eruptions;** soothe liver (**free flow of Liver Qi**) Ind: 1. headache, fever, slight aversion to cold due to attack of wind-heat. Early stage of warm diseases. **Venting Rashes** 2. Headache, red eyes due too upper attack of wind-heat, sore throat (**Head, eyes, throat)** 3. Slow skin eruption in the early stage of measles or in the disease caused by wind-heat 4 .Distention in the chest and **distending pain in the costalis and hypochondriac region due to liver Qi stagnation.** 5. Can penetrate deep to reach parasites

Dose 3 -10g., **short cook** [15g for parasites] **Dose important for qi movement** Contra: spontaneous sweats due to def. of wei Qi (strong sweating action); **can deplete qi; “it should be kept away from def. patients; “reaches int. to the organs, sinews & bones, ext. to pores, skin & hair”**

Formulas Featuring Bo He
//Deputy Herb// Yin Qiao San Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin