Uhwang
Cattle Gallstone · Bovis Calculus
한글 우황 · Pinyin Niu Huang
牛黃
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Bitter · cool
- Channels entered
- Heart, Liver
- Actions
- Opens the orifices and transforms phlegm-heat, extinguishes wind, resolves toxicity — the heart of Uhwangcheongsim-won
- Typical dose
- 0.15–0.35 g in pills
- Caution
- Costly and regulated; cultivated (in-vitro) sources standard; avoid in pregnancy