Sesin
Asarum · Asari Radix
한글 세신 · Pinyin Xi Xin
細辛
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Acrid · warm
- Channels entered
- Lung, Kidney, Heart
- Actions
- Dispels deep wind-cold, warms the Lung and transforms thin fluids, opens the nose, stops pain
- Typical dose
- 1–3 g
- Caution
- Small doses only; use root, not aerial parts (aristolochic acid concern)
Appears in 17 formulas 處方
- Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction小靑龍湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Aralia and Mistletoe Decoction獨活寄生湯 3 g · Assistant 佐
- Nine-Ingredient Notopterygium Decoction九味羌活湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Clear the Upper and Relieve Pain Decoction淸上蠲痛湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Angelica Frigid Extremities Decoction當歸四逆湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Ephedra, Aconite, and Asarum Decoction麻黃附子細辛湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Mume Pill烏梅丸 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Magnolia Flower Powder辛夷散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Poria, Licorice, Ginger, Schisandra, Asarum, Pinellia, and Apricot Decoction苓甘薑味辛夏仁湯 3 g · Deputy 臣
- Angelica Frigid Extremities Decoction plus Evodia and Fresh Ginger當歸四逆加吳茱萸生薑湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Cnidium Powder Taken with Green Tea川芎茶調散 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Clear the Spirit and Supplement the Qi Decoction淸神補氣湯 0.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Adjusted Joy-Bringing Decoction增損樂令湯 2.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Locust Swarm Pill螽斯丸 9.2 g · Envoy 使
- Minor Regulate the Channels Powder小調經散 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Aid the Yin Elixir濟陰丹 60 g · Assistant 佐
- Pubescent Angelica Decoction (Dreams chapter)獨活湯 2.8 g · Assistant 佐