-- Acupuncture -- -- Moxibustion -- Shiatsu Massage -- Esthetics -- ChiropracticAllium macrostemon
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Botanical name |
Allium macrostemon |
| Pin yin name | Xie Bai | |
| Pin yin description | (xie is the term for this particular plant; bai means white and refers to the bulb, the part used, which is white) | |
| Other common names | Bunch Onion, Longstem Onion, Bakeri (named after a related source material, Allium bakeri) | |
| Part used | Bulb (collected in summer and autumn, rootlets removed, then steamed or scalded) | |
| Taste | Pungent, Bitter | |
| Nature | Warm | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Regulates qi and reduces accumulation, unblocks yang and disperses lumps | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Stagnation of cold phlegm and damp blocking yang qi in the chest, with symptoms of fullness and pain in the chest and difficult breathing; stagnation of stomach qi, with symptoms of nausea, diarrhoea, and intestinal cramping | |
| Possible unwanted effects | Long term use of significant doses in persons with peptic ulcer may cause worsening of ulceration | |
| Herb drug interactions | None reported | |
| TCM and other contraindications | Qi deficiency | |
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