Ailanthus bark
(Chunpi)
Pharmaceutical
Name: Cortex ailanthi.
Botanical
Name: Ailanthus altissima
(Mill.) Swingle.
Common
Name: Ailanthus bark, Tree of heaven bark.
Source
of Earliest Record: Xinxiu Bencao.
Part
Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: The bark of roots or stems
of the tree are obtained year round. After the superficial rough bark has been
removed, the remaining bark is dried in the sun and then cut into pieces.
Properties
& Taste: Bitter, astringent and cold.
Meridians:
Large intestine, stomach and liver.
Functions:
1. To clear heat, dry dampness and stop leukorrhea; 2. To astringe the
intestines; 3. To stop bleeding; 4. To kill worms.
Indications
& Combinations:
1. Damp-heat type of diarrhea or dysentery:
Ailanthus bark (Chunpi) is used with Coptis root (Huanglian), Scutellaria root
(Huangqin) and Costus root (Muxiang).
2. Yellow leukorrhea due to damp-heat:
Ailanthus bark (Chunpi) is used with Phellodendron bark (Huangbai).
3.
Menorrhagia or uterine bleeding caused by
heat in the blood: Ailanthus bark (Chunpi) is used with Tortoise plastron
(Guiban), White peony root (Baishao) and Scutellaria root (Huangqin).
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