Bing Lang

Areca catechu L. A. hortonsis Lour. Bing Lang (Betel nut palm) (nut) Arecholine, arecholidine, guvacoline, guvacine.33 Treat taeniasis. 

Bing Lang (Arecae semen), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae radix), Lai Fu Zi (Raphani semen) and Gua Lou Ren (Trichosanthis semen,)... 

Bing Lang is pungent, bitter and warm, and is good at promoting Qi movement and reducing the accumulation of food. It is only used in severe distension of the abdomen due to accumulation of food and dampness. 

Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae radix) and Bing Lang (Arecae semeri)... 

Bing Lang is bitter, pungent and warm, and enters the Stomach and Large Intestine meridians. Its pungent and warm nature can stimulate the Qi movement, reduce the accumulation, drain the water and reduce the fullness. 

Qing Pi, Chen Pi, Bing Lang and Mu Xiang are assistants in the formula. They help the chief and deputy herbs to activate the Qi movement in order to accelerate the water movement in the body. 

Mu Xiang and Bing Lang, which can promote the Qi movement in the intestines and relieve abdominal pain and tenesmus. 

Mu Xiang and Bing Lang can regulate the Qi in the lower abdomen and reduce distension. They can accelerate food transformation and transportation in the Middle-Jiao. They can treat constipation and diarrhea. 

Bing Lang, as assistant, moves downwards, can break up the Qi stagnation and relieve pain. 

Mu Xiang and Bing Lang are chief. They are bitter, pungent and warm, and enter the Large Intestine meridian. Since they can strongly move the Qi in the Middle- and Lower-Jiao and... 

Bing Lang [Arecae semen) Promotes Qi movement and digestion, promotes bowel movement. 

Betel nuts, Bing Lang, are used for intestinal worms and irregular bowel movements. 

Scutellariae Baicalensis Huang Qin) and Semen Arecae Catechu Bing Lang). 

For intestinal obstruction due to roundworms, add Fructus Pruni Mume (Wu Mei), Semen Arecae Catechu (Bing Lang), and Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chen Pi). 

For red and white dysentery i.e., for dysentery with pus and blood) and tenesmus, add Radix Saussureae Seu Vladimiriae Mu Xiang), Semen Arecae Catechu Bing Lang), and Cortex Fraxini QinPi). 

For colitis with food stagnation, add from the following Semen Arecae Catechu (Bing Lang), Fructus Immaturus Citri Seu Ponciri (Zhi Shi), Fructus Crataegi (Shan Zha), and Massa Medica Fermentata (Shen Qu). 

For tenesmus, add Semen Arecae Catechu (Bing Lang). 

For even more serious food depression, to the above add Endothelium Comeum Gigeriae Galli (Ji Nei Jin) and Semen Arecae Catechu (Bing Lang). 

For lack of appetite due to food stagnation, add Massa Medica Fermentata Shen Qu), Fructus Germinatus Hordei Vulgaris Mai Yd), and carbonized Semen Arecae Catechu Jiao Bing Lang). 

For severe eczema and itching of the lower part of the body, add Semen Arecae Catechu (Bing Lang) and Radix Sophorae Flavescentis (Ku Shen). 

For tinea pedis, add Semen Coicis Lachryma-jobi Yi Yi Ren), Fructus Chaenomelis Lagenariae Mu Gua), and Semen Arecae Catechu Bing Lang). 

For beriberi with scanty, reddish urination, and a red tongue with yellow, slimy coating, add Semen Arecae Catechu Bing Lang). 

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