Biota Tops (Cebaiye)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Cacumen Biotae |
| Botanical Name: | Biota orientalis (L.) Endl. |
| Common Name: | Biota tops Arborvitae tops |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Mingyi Bielu |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The leafy twigs are gathered all year round. They are dried in a shady place and cut into pieces. |
| Properties and Taste: | Bitter, astringent and slightly cold |
| Meridian: | Lung, liver, and large intestine |
| Functions: | To cool blood and stop bleeding |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood by heat manifested as cough with blood, vomiting with blood, epistaxis, hematuria and uterine bleeding. *Use with Japanese thistle (Daji), Small thistle (Xiaoji) and Imperata rhizome (Baimaogen). 2. Hemorrhages due to deficiency and cold. *Use with Mugwort leaf (Aiye). |
| Dosage: | 10-15 g |