Mokbanggi
Stephania · Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix
한글 목방기 · Pinyin Mu Fang Ji
木防己
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Bitter, acrid · cold
- Channels entered
- Bladder, Spleen, Kidney
- Actions
- Drains water and reduces edema, unblocks painful obstruction
- Typical dose
- 5–10 g
- Caution
- 木防己 is a different drug from 防己 — Stephania tetrandra in the Shanghan and Jingui tradition, where 防己 is Sinomenium. Modern plant lists give 목방기 as Cocculus trilobus. Never Aristolochia