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Tonify Yang
Sweet • Sour
Warm
Kidney • Bladder • Spleen • Liver
tonify Kidney Yang, disperse cold and transform phlegm, support Lung Qi
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia, Kidny Yang Deficiency, chronic cough from cold phlegm, phlegm dampness in the prostate. [42]
children, pregnant, nursing, scheduled for surgery, or taking blood thinners
SAW PALMETTO/ STINGING NETTER(Qian Ma): prostate enlargement is a mix of Kidney Yang deficiency and Damp-Heat. While saw palmetto handles the weak Yang energy by warming the system, Stinging Nettle acts as a cooling diuretic that clears out Damp-Heat from the bladder. They perfectly balance each other's temperatures
Saw palmetto is not a native plant in ancient China, but modern practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) have adopted it into their practice.
Clear Heat Resolve Toxins
Sweet • Bitter
Cold
Heart • Liver • Pericardium
Clear heat, cool blood, invigorate blood, vent rashes, moisten intestines, resolve toxins, clear Damp Heat
Toxic heat, blood heat, vaginal itching, eczema, measles, chickenpox, rashes, sores[21] • Clear heat, move blood: incomplete expression of measles, bleeding (Shen Xi Dan). Eliminate toxic heat from skin: skin ulcers, carbuncles, boils, skin cancer
Moisten intestines: dry constipation [42]
Moisten Intestine • Move + Cool Blood • Treat Poisoning -Chan Su • Reduce Itching • Treat Burns • Vent Rashes
Phlegm Cold
Pungent
Warm
Liver • Stomach • Lung
Reduce toxicity, discharge pus, invigorate blood, reduce swelling, vent rashes, expel wind, kill parasites [21]
parasites, premature sores
open sores, forbidden for pregnancy
Expel Pus
Invigorate Blood
Salty
Cold
Liver
break blood stasis, heal tendons, mend bones
amenorrhea, abdominal masses, severe blood stasis, traumatic injuries to tendons, bones, ligaments, bruises
Pregnancy, blood thinner medication
anticoagulant or antiplatelet medication
Drain Dampness
Bitter, Pungent
Warm
Spleen • Liver • Kidney
dispel Wind, dry dampness, relax sinews, invigorate Bloood and collaterals
Wind damp Bi - particularly with joint stiffness; swelling and pain with external/internal trauma, hemiplegia stiffness
Pregnancy
Downward Draining
Salty • Slightly toxic
Cold
Large Intestine • Liver
Reduce toxicity, move Blood, calm Shen, relieve constipation
Abdominal mass, sores and boils, hemorrhoids, constipation, mania, epilepsy.
Pregnancy
This herb is not listed in Chen or Bensky books. Information found here are referenced from tcmwiki.com.
Topical Application
Sweet • Toxic
Neutral
Stomach • Lung
Reduce toxicity • Alleviate Pain • Dispel Wind
toxic sores, itchy wind rashes, toothache, parasites, ringworms, pinworms, breast tumors, nasaopharyngeal carcinoma, rheumatoid arthritis
Pregnancy, Qi and Blood Deficiency, Pus filled sores
Invigorate Blood
Sweet • Sour
Slightly Cold
Liver • Pericardium
Reduce masses • Cool blood • Dispel Blood Stasis
blood stasis, abdominal masses, amenorrhea, breast lumps, traumatic injuries
Pregnancy
Tonify Yin
Sweet
Neutral
Heart • Kidney
Nourish yin • Moisten dryness • Expel wind • Tonify blood
Yin deficiency • Blood deficiency • Internal wind
high cholesterol • hypertension • atherosclerosis • heart disease
Drain Dampness
Sweet • Bland
Neutral
Bladder • Gallbladder • Liver
Drain dampness • Promote urination • Clear damp heat from LV/GB
Kidney stones • Dampness • Xiao Ke • Jaundice • LV/GB damp heat • Edema • Painful urinary dysfunction
Must monitor if using warfarin (coumadin) since Yu Mi Xu has vitamin K, which can reduce the anticoagulant effects • Caution when in use with other diuretics
Kidney stones