Biota Tops (Cebaiye)

Biota Tops (Cebaiye)

Pharmaceutical Name: Cacumen Biotae
Botanical Name: Biota orientalis (L.) Endl.
Common Name:Biota tops
Arborvitae tops
Source of Earliest Record: Mingyi Bielu
art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: The leafy twigs are gathered all year round. They are dried in a shady place and cut into pieces.
Properties and Taste: Bitter, astringent and slightly cold
Meridian: Lung, liver, and large intestine
Functions: To cool blood and stop bleeding
Indications and Combinations: 1.     Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood by heat manifested as cough with blood, vomiting with blood, epistaxis, hematuria and uterine bleeding.
*Use with Japanese thistle (Daji), Small thistle (Xiaoji) and Imperata rhizome (Baimaogen).

2.  Hemorrhages due to deficiency and cold.
*Use with Mugwort leaf (Aiye).
Dosage: 10-15 g