Chai Hu

Bupleurum

Properties: BITTER, PUNGENT - COOL
Dosage: 3 – 12g.
Meridian: GALLBLADDER, LIVER, PERICARDIUM, SAN JIAO

-clears less yang disorders – fever, chills, bitter taste, irritable, vomiting
-liver Qi stagnation – vertigo, menstrual disorder, chest pain, bloating
-spleen and stomach deficiency – prolapsed organ, diarrhea, hemorrhoids

Reference
Benskey and Gamble 1986, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, Seattle Washington, Eastland Press