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This product is the tender branches and leaves of the deciduous shrub or small tree Tamarix chinensis (Tamarix chinensis Lour.) from the Tamaricaceae family. It is distributed throughout China. It is harvested during the flowering period from May to June, then dried and cut into sections for use.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Acrid, neutral. Act on lung, stomach and heart meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Promoting eruption, dispelling wind, and eliminating dampness.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for measles that do not erupt. Tamarix has a pungent and dispersing nature, specializing in promoting eruption. It is mainly used for the initial stage of measles, where the exterior pathogen is constrained, and the measles toxin invades inward, causing the rash to not erupt smoothly. It is often combined with medicinals such as Great Burdock Achene, cicada slough, Bamboo Leaf, and other eruption-promoting herbs, as in the formula Bamboo Leaf and Tamarix Decoction. It can also be decocted and used for fumigation, washing, or rubbing.
2. It is used to treat rubella and cutaneous pruritus. Tamarix can be decocted and used for bathing.
3. It is used for wind-dampness arthralgia. Tamarix has the effect of dispelling wind and removing dampness. When combined with Notopterygium, Pubescent Angelica, and Gentian, it can also treat wind-dampness arthralgia.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Bencao Tujing: "Treats heat toxin in measles."
2. Benjing Fengyuan: "It specifically enters the Yangming meridian, hence its efficacy is focused on inducing measles."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Take 3-10 grams by decoction. Apply an appropriate amount externally.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Tamarix contains volatile oil, beautiful steetgum resin glycosides, quercetin glycosides, organic acids, etc. Tamarix decoction has a significant cough-relieving effect, inhibits pneumococcus, type A streptococcus, white staphylococcus, and influenza bacillus; and has a certain antipyretic effect.