This product is the bulb near the root of the perennial herbaceous plant (Allium fistulosum L.) of the Lily Bulb family, cultivated throughout China. It can be harvested at any time and is used fresh.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Acrid, warm. act on lung and stomach channels.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Inducing sweating to release the exterior, promoting yang to dispel cold, expelling parasites, and removing toxins.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for wind-cold common cold. Fistular Onion Stalk is acrid, dispersing, and warm in nature, with a moving and penetrating quality that reaches both the exterior and interior. It has the function of inducing sweating to release the exterior. Due to its relatively mild medicinal strength, it is suitable for mild cases of wind-cold common cold. It is often used in combination with Fresh Ginger Rhizome, Fermented Soybean, etc., to enhance the effect of inducing sweating to release the exterior, such as in the Fistular Onion Stalk with Root Decoction and Fistular Onion Stalk, Fermented Soybean Decoction.
2. Used for exuberant yin repelling yang diarrhea with faint pulse, pudendal coldness, and abdominal pain. Fistular Onion Stalk is acrid, dispersing, and warm in nature, promoting the flow of yang qi and dispersing cold stagnation. It is commonly used in combination with Aconite Lateral Root, Dried Ginger, etc., to unblock yang and restore consciousness, such as in White Unblocking Decoction. Additionally, Fistular Onion Stalk can be mashed and applied externally to the navel, followed by warm compresses, to treat pudendal coldness, abdominal pain, and urinary retention due to cold stagnation and qi obstruction, leveraging its ability to unblock yang and disperse cold.
3. Furthermore, Fistular Onion Stalk applied externally has the function of dispersing nodules, unblocking collaterals, and promoting lactation, making it effective for treating stagnant lactation, breast distending pain, etc. It is also used for boils and sores, with the additional effect of removing toxins and dispersing nodules.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Benjing: "Mainly treats cold-damage disease, chills and fever, sweating, apoplexy, and facial swelling."
2. Bencao Congxin: "Promotes sweating to release the flesh, unblocks the upper and lower yang qi. Zhongjing's White Unblocking Decoction and Vessel-Unblocking Cold-Extremities Decoction both include it to restore yang and unblock the vessels. Especially necessary for cases of red face due to yang repelling upwards."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

3-10 grams. Decoct for oral use. Apply an appropriate amount externally.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Do not consume in excess, and avoid prolonged frying or boiling. Not suitable for those with weak constitution and spontaneous sweating or those suffering from armpit odor. Use with caution if experiencing heat symptoms.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Fistular Onion Stalk contains volatile oil, diallyl sulfide, malic acid, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, niacin, fat, mucilage, calcium, phosphorus, iron, salt, etc. The main component of its volatile oil is allicin. The volatile oil of green onions has antibacterial effects, inhibiting diphtheria bacilli, subcutaneous node bacilli, dysentery bacilli, staphylococci, streptococci, and also has inhibitory effects on skin fungi. In addition, it has effects such as inducing sweating to reduce fever, diuresis, stomach strengthening, and dispelling phlegm.

bubble_chart Supplementary Medicinals

Fistular onion root (蔥鬚): Induces sweating to release the exterior, can kill meat poison and treat dermatitis medicamentosa; boiling water for washing treats chilblain.

Fistular onion seed (蔥實): Warms the kidneys to treat impotence, tonifies deficiency and improves vision.