Guest guest Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 I am comitted to have some insight into Osteogenesis Imperfecta from a TCM point of view. Please assist me if you can. I am doing it from self interest. Me and one of my sons have this diagnosis and so far the west medicin has agreed upon that the common thread for OI is aweakness in the collagen in the bones. It could be to short or to sparse, or both. Anyone knows anything about this, that is not just from the books and general theories (Kidney.. etc) , but actually some insights into the TCM thinking regarding this (if there is any) or any MIM (Modern Integrated Medicine) thinking that could spread some light into this corner. Or if you personally have some speculations about it. Collagen, what element would that be in Water? Earth... metal...? In my sons and my case, a very slow healing in bone fractures, and in our youth many fractures especially in left femur and right tibia. The slow development in West regarding this is sometimes making me depressed. IMO the thinking has not developed in 30 years. Hormones were one treatment 30 years ago, today bisfosfonate is one treatment, but the research is poor and the treatments are questioned. Best regards Holger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Holger, I benefited greatly from sodium clodronate 1600 mg/day and 0.5micro gm / day VitD3 as calcitriol when on extended hormone block some years ago. My bone mineral density (BMD) was way below average (osteopenia). The two together help maintain BMD better than either one and the dose is not that great. Since stopping long haul hormone block a few years ago my androgen levels have been sufficient to maintain a good BMD (that and plenty of weight bearing exercise - swimming is good for the arms and shoulders, but not so good for building bone in the femur). Maybe also check your sex-steroid levels. Androgens are important in maintaining BMD and if you are in the low end of the normal male range there could be problems. Estrogens are not normally thought of as a male hormone but in small quantites they *may* help androgens. Estradiol levels lower than 30 pico mol / L may be problematic - as can levels in excess of 150 pico mol / L. It is a fine balance. If you have not had this aspect checked out it is worth investigating. I'm just speculating really since if you have had the problem for a while it may be an area you have already looked into. Sorry I cannot offer TCM insights - maybe in a couple of years. BTW there is a BMD thread on EPCEL at the moment you might take a look at the references there - it will give you a different perspective to a problem you share with any man on conventional treatment for prostate cancer. Sammy. epcel/ Holger Wendt [holger.wendt] 12 October 2003 11:52 TCM; PA-L Osteogenesis Imperfecta - TCM? I am comitted to have some insight into Osteogenesis Imperfecta from a TCM point of view. Please assist me if you can. I am doing it from self interest. Me and one of my sons have this diagnosis and so far the west medicin has agreed upon that the common thread for OI is aweakness in the collagen in the bones. It could be to short or to sparse, or both. Anyone knows anything about this, that is not just from the books and general theories (Kidney.. etc) , but actually some insights into the TCM thinking regarding this (if there is any) or any MIM (Modern Integrated Medicine) thinking that could spread some light into this corner. Or if you personally have some speculations about it. Collagen, what element would that be in Water? Earth... metal...? In my sons and my case, a very slow healing in bone fractures, and in our youth many fractures especially in left femur and right tibia. The slow development in West regarding this is sometimes making me depressed. IMO the thinking has not developed in 30 years. Hormones were one treatment 30 years ago, today bisfosfonate is one treatment, but the research is poor and the treatments are questioned. Best regards Holger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 Hi Holger > I am committed to have some insight into Osteogenesis Imperfecta > from a TCM point of view. ... I and one of my sons have this > diagnosis ... My comments [but only as a novice/student] are: 1. Possible genetic link suggests KI Yuanqi Xu 2. My gut reaction is that herbs that Build KI (esp those that Build Yuanqi), and Herbs that Build Bone/Sinew may help. There are many such herbs, including: Bajitian, Buguzhi, Ciwujia, Dongchongxiacao, Duzhong, Ganjiang, Gouji, Guiban, Gusuibu, Heshouwu, Hongrenshen, Huangqi, Hugu [banned, Lingzhi (Jap: Reishi), Lujiao [banned], Lujiaojiao [banned], Lujiaoshuang [banned], Lurong, Niuxi, Qiannianjian, Renshen, Roucongrong, Rougui, Sangjisheng, Shinanteng, Suoyang, Tusizi, Wenjing, Wujiapi, Xiangjiapi, Xianmao, Xuduan, Yinyanghuo, Yizhiren, Yunzhi, Zhiheshouwu, Zirantong. MOst of those are Build Qi / Build Yang herbs. See details from my notes, below. 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The final choice of herbs will depend on the individual Pattern Dx, taking all S & Ss into account. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|!MAIN HB CLASS|!Herb Pinyin Name (**=important Hb)|!Hb Pharma Name|!Hb Common Name|!TCM Actions|!Nature|!Channel|!Dose|!TCM Indication|!Clinical Indication|!Caution|!W other Hbs|!Comments >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|??|Ciwujia; Wujia ŒÜ‰Á; (See: Renshen; See Wujiapi; Wujiashen) |Rx+Hb Acanthopanacis Senticosi [Wujiapi/Wujiashen, Eleutherococci Senticosi Rx=true Siberian Ginseng, but is not true Renshen]|Manyprickle Acanthopanax Rx, Devil’s Rx, Touch-Me-Not; Health Food Stores Incorrectly Call It Siberian Ginseng But It Is NOT A Ginseng; Shrub Is 1-3 M Tall (True Ginseng Is Herbaceous)|Tonic; Boost endurance & strength; Boost Stamina/Physical Strength/Performance; Expel Wind & Damp; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: rheumatism~chronic w limbs flaccid, infantile paralysis; (2) Build HT; Calm Shen w insomnia, dreaminess/adverse reaction at high attitude water. mind: HT Xu & HT~palpitation; & for seasickness/under low temperature & deep (3) Aid Qi: SP Xu w appetite~poor, faeces~loose & fatigue. leukocytopenia, HT~CHD; bronchitis~chronic, thromboangtis obliterans/as a subsidiary of Anticancer Hbs/X-ray therapy for tumor; (1) Improve tolerance to fatigue; (2) Boost body resistance against diseases; (3) Antiinflammation; (4) LD50 is 4.75g/kg; Build Qi*; Quicken Xue; Adaptogen*; Boost Stamina*/vitality; Antifatigue/Antiexhaustion effect like Renshen; Aid Mental performance; Boost memory/cognition/concentration in brain in circulation~poor; Boost Libido+Sexual Fx; Adaptogen (Antistress, Build adrenal); Immunostimulant; Boost megalocyte Fx; Boost chemotherapy tolerance; Boost radiation tolerance; Anticancer; Antileukaemia; Aid LU; Clear Toxin~environmental; Antivirus; HT- Protector; Rectify circulation; Vascular Tonic; Hypertensor; Antihypoxia (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); Boost Metabolism; HT Muscle~Antiischaemic; Calming; Hypotensor; Vasodilator~Peripheral Antirheumatic|Aromatic; Acrid; Bitter~mildly; Warm|LU; SP; KI|As Soup: 6-30g. In tablets/capsules: 3g of dry Rx/dose; take for 3-6 months consecutively in chronic DysFx||Debility; weakness; fatigue; cancer; Neurasthenia; depression; nervous breakdown; LU/respiratory DysFx; Bronchitis~chronic; HT DysFx; neurovascular DysFx; hypotension; circulation~poor; stress; Senility~premature; sexual Fx low; Immunodeficiency; prevent LU/respiratory infections; prevent viral infections; nausea/anaemia/low WBCC after chemotherapy/radiotherapy; rheumatism|CI: hypertension; Yin Xu esp w Fire Shi; to Prevent habituation, use for not >60 consecutive d, followed by 2-3 weeks of abstinence before using it again; Rare cases of insomnia; Note: Ciwujia is NOT a ginseng plant; it is closer to Wujiapi than to true Renshen|| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|??|Hugu [banned; dog & pig bone may be used instead]|{HYPERLINK " i007.htm " }Os Tigris, Os ??Tigridis|Tiger Bone|Expel Wind+Expel Damp; Antiarthritis; Ease Pain esp Wandering Bi; Build KI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Reduce capillary permeability |Acrid; Sweet; Warm|LV; KI|As Soup: 10-15g/100-250g of Dog Bone/Pig Bone|Wandering Bi; LV Xu Cold+KI Xu Cold w rheumatism & flaccidity of back & lower limbs; preparation of wine & injection in RA & arthritis|KI DysFx||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|??|Wenjing; Wenjinti; Wenjingcao ??‘; Wenjing ??; (See: Muzei)|Hb Equiseti Arvensis|Horsetail, Bottle Brush Hb|Antiarteriosclerotic; Diuretic; Calming; Hypolipaemic; Hypotensor; LV-Protector; Diuretic; Aid KI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Build Cartilage; prevent osteoporosis onset; Topical: Vulnerary to clean wounds; Heal Wounds|||||KI DysFx; UTI; genital infections; arthritis; bleeding; ulcers; tuberculosis. Wounds; osteoporosis; urinary incontinence; enuresis; brittle nails|safe if correct species used at correct dose; Avoid Equisetum palustre - TOXIC for livestock; high in selenium; Se Toxicity may cause birth defects; CI: pregnancy/Immunodeficiency|| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|??|Yunzhi, ??Yuanzhi; (See: Zhuling; Yiner)|Tremella; {HYPERLINK " q017.htm " }Polystictinum|Silver Ear/White Jerry Leaf; Popular Mushroom In Chinese Cuisine|Clear LU Heat; Ease Cough in tracheitis~chronic; asthma, dry; Anticancer; Immunostimulant; synergistic w mitomycin C; glucuronoxylomannan; Boost insulin secretion; Aid Pancreas b-cells; Antidiabetes; Boost LV glucose absorption; lower LV glucose release by increasing hexokinase activity; Hypoglycaemic; reduce glucose-6-phosphatase; LV-Protector: Boost LV protein metabolism; nucleic acid; Boost radiation tolerance; LV-Protector; Antiarteriosclerosis; Hypocholesterolaemic; Lower cholesterol absorption from SI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Prevent osteoporosis; Boost calcium absorption; Aid Skin; Immunostimulant; Ease Pain; Calm Asthma; Anticancer; Antivirus; AntiHIV/AIDS; Antiulcer; Antiinflammation; Calming; Hypolipaemic; (1) Build SP; Expel Damp: SP Xu w anorexia; faeces~loose; LV~hepatitis, LV~cirrhosis, nephritis, rheumatoid artbritis etc; (2) Ease Cough; Antidyspnoea (3) Anticancer: leukaemia, lymphoma, early stage of LV cancer; cancers of ST, mammary; cervix; (1) polysaccharide Boost macrophages; phagocytosis; Boost rates of lymphocyte- blastogenesis; rosette forming; (2) Boost chemotherapy tolerance~Immunostimulant in Immunosuppression due to cyclophosphamide, 5- Fu/cortisone; (3) Anticancer~Inhibit DNA; RNA synthesis in tumor cells; Boost chemotherapy tolerance~counter side effects; Boost radiation tolerance~counter side effects|Sweet; Bland; Cool|SP; LU; LV|Instant granules: 1 package tid; Ampoule (containing 40mg of polysaccharide): 1 ampoule IM bid, 4 weeks/course, another course may be continued after an interval of 2 weeks;/3-4 ampoules added in 10% glucose solution 300 ml IV for drips/d for 10d; then continue for 10d after an interval of 1-2 weeks||||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|AID WATER/DRAIN DAMP~REDUCE SWELLING|Xiangjiapi; Gangliupi; Beiwujia; (See: Wujiapi)|Cx-Rx Periplocae; (See: Wujiapi)|Chinese Silkvine Cx-Rx; Periploca Cx-Rx, Northern Wujiapi Is NOT Cx-Rx Acanthopanacis Gracilistyli|Anticancer; Cholinergic; Antimicrobial; Antiinflammation; Boost radiation tolerance; CNS Tonic; Build HT; Expel Wind+Expel Cold; Expel Damp; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Antirheumatic; Ease Pain; Build HT; Danger-see Wujiapi|Acrid bitter Warm; TOXIC|LV; KI; HT|3-6g; Danger-see Wujiapi|Wind Cold Damp Bi|Wind Cold Damp Bi; rheumatic arthritis; knee~pain; lowback~pain; HT failure; HT~palpitation, panting; oedema esp lower limbs; Danger-see Wujiapi|Prolonged overdose may be TOXIC; “northern Wujiapi” is HT stimulant which is HT~TOXIC; Hb gatherers usually use Gangliupi (Sclepiadaceae family) as “northern Wujiapi.” Most Hb stores use northern Wujiapi in making Wujiapi wine, whose prolonged use may kill. TOXIC reactions of “northern Wujiapi” wine include blindness, numbness in limbs, vertigo,; headache; prolonged use may kill; Caution in Yin Xu; excessive Heat|| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD QI|Hongrenshen; Hongshen ?ŽQ; (See: Renshen)|Rx Ginseng Rubrum|Red Ginseng Rx (Whole Rx)|Adaptogen/Antistress in physical/mental stress; Antioxidant/Antiageing; Build Qi* in Qi Xu; Restore Pulse*; Build Yuanqi*; Rectify Nourishing system (?Ying); Rectify LU Qi; Build Fluids; Calm Shen; Hypotensor in hypertension; Hypertensor in hypotension; Build LU Qi; Build SP Qi; Build Fluids|Warm; sweet; bitter~slight; ginsenoside is mostly from Cx; not from pith|SP; LU; [HT]||Qi Xu|Stress; shock; Extreme Xu~near death; Cold limbs w vanishing pulse; Nourish-lacking; malNourishment; emaciation in Xu; LU Xu w cough & asthma; Yang Collapse; Qi Xu~severe; Immunosuppression, cancer, tissue healing~poor; Hypertension; blood clots; Addiction; alcohol/morphine withdrawal/hangover/dehydration/Toxicity; CNS responses hyperactive/sluggish/unstable; Brain/cerebral/mental Fxs sluggish/disorientated, Anxiety; Amnesia, amnesia; sex hormonal DysFx (male/female); libido~low; Circulation~poor; Appetite loss; diarrhoea; Fluids dried up; diabetes; vitality/physical endurance~low, energy low; fatigue~chronic, exhaustion, tiredness; general weakness/weakness after illness; Muscle weakness, neurasthenia; ageing~premature; senility|Renshen (esp red Ginseng) is Warm & can create Heat problems if used wrongly/in susceptible subjects; (Xiyangshen Build Qi less strongly than Renshen + Build Yin esp LU Yin; preferred in subjects w tendency to get too hot/hyper; Cool Hb); CI: Yang Shi; Avoid w caffeine; Caution: Pregnancy; high doses in pregnancy can cause masculinise babies due to overstimulation of male sex hormones; use for short periods only; Caution in lactation; May cause insomnia, hypertension, itch, HT~palpitation Caution in hypertension, acute illness, pre-menopausal women w unstable hormones, controlled diabetics; Natural saponins usually are TOXIC** but Ginseng saponin Toxicity is relatively mild. Oral dose of 100ml 3% ginseng tincture may cause anxiety & hyperstimulation; 200ml may cause allergic reactions of rash, itch, vertigo, headache, fever & bleeding; 500ml may kill. Ginseng eleutherosides are related to digitalis glycosides, like digoxin & may have an additive effect w digoxin. Concurrent use of digitalis glycosides & Renshen may increase serum digoxin & possible digitalis glycoside Toxicity. CI: Yang Shi/Heat??; common side effects include: Emotional: headache, insomnia, anxiety; Circulatory: face pallor, purple lips, spastic limbs, hypertension, rapid respiration, even exhaustion & death; hiccups, skin~itch|Renshen Bai Du San, Xiao Chaihu Tang, Banxia Xie Xin Tang, Duhuo Ji Sheng Tang, Li Zhong Wan, Wu Zhu Yu Tang, Si Jun Zi Tang, Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang, Shi Quan Da Bu Tang, Gui Pi Tang, Sheng Mai San, Ju Pi Zhu Ru Tang, Wen Jing Tang, Tian Wan Bu Xin Dan|Better quality ginseng Rx are sold in Rx form; Lower quality Rx are sold as Powder, capsules & extract; As best ginseng is very costly, adulteration/substitution w cheaper products is usual in packaged ginseng products; Some manufactured “ginseng” products contain Mandragora officinarum (mandrake, a TOXIC narcotic) w hyoscine bromide, rauwolfia alkaloids w hypertensor Hb reserpine, cola w caffeine, phenylbutazone (a carcinogen) & aminopyrine; An independent test commissioned by health food trade journal “Whole Foods” found that 60% of ginseng products are worthless because they contained too little of Hb to have any biological effect; 25% contained no ginseng at all >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD QI|Huangqi**; Huangzhi; Beiqi; Shenhuangqi|Rx Astragali/Hedysari|Astragalus Rx; Yellow Milk-Vetch Root, Hystagalus, Membranous Milkvetch Rx/Mongolian Milkvetch Rx|Immunostimulant; CNS Tonic in sleepiness; Antidiarrhea; Appetiiser; Boost Weiqi; Anti-HIV/AIDS; (1) Build Qi*; Build Yang esp of SJM-SP-ST-HT-KI; Build SP; Strengthen/Nourish body; Boost vitality; Antifatigue; Boost physical endurance & encourage body Fx; Build Muscle; Adaptogen/Antistress; Upbear Yang; Upbear Yang Qi; Upbear SP Yang; Upbear Sinking SJM-SP-ST Qi; Antiulcer~ST; (2) Build Qi*; Build Weiqi; Consolidate Weiqi/Surface; Build Yuanqi; Guard Surface; Stop Sweat esp in Xu & Weiqi Xu; Immunomodulator esp Immunostimulant; (3) Regenerate Tissue; Vulnerary; Aid Skin; Ease skin infection; Heal skin ulcer; Drain Sepsis; Expel Sepsis; Clear Toxin; (4) Build Qi*; Produce Fluid; Build Fluid; Ease Thirst; KI-Protector; Diuretic; Antioedema; Build HT; Build HT Qi; Vasodilator~HT~arteries & capillaries; Hypotensor; Antidiabetes; Hypoglycaemic; Boost Metabolism; Aid Metabolism; LV- Protector; Aid LU/respiration; Build LU Qi; Calm Asthma; (5) Also: Immunostimulant (cellular & humoral); Boost leukocytosis; Boost Phagocytosis; Boost lymphocyte- blastogenesis; Boost Lymphoblast Transformation; Boost Antibody Production; Boost Immunglobulins; Boost Interferon Production; Antivirus; Antiinflammation; Aid Elimination|sweet~mildly; Warm~mildly; has almost no smell|LU; SP|6-10g/d; As Soup: 9-15g w water; up to 30-60g/d; Injection: 100% Astragali ampoule 2 ml IM bid/for point injection|Qi Xu w weakness; fatigue stamina~poor; Frequent Colds; Sweat~Spontaneous; Yang Qi Xu; SP Yang Xu; ST Yang Xu; HT Yang Xu & KI Yang Xu; numbness of limbs; Qi-Xue Xu; HT Xu; SP Xu; Sinking SJM-SP-ST Qi; Weiqi Xu/Surface weak; Heat~Internal; Qi Xu; Xue Stasis; Xu w oedema|HT DysFx; LU DysFx; SJM-SP-ST DysFx; CVA sequel~morbidity; sweat; oedema; diabetes; nephritis; proteinuria; Immunosuppression; sweat; sweat~night; appetite~poor, faeces~loose, fatigue & bleeding; vitality~low; collapse; rectum~prolapse, uterus~prolapse/ST~prolapse; LI~rectum/anus prolapse; common Cold in debilitated patient, Sweat~profuse; sweat~night; skin DysFx; KI~nephritis~chronic w albuminuria; leukocytopenia; diabetes w Heat~Internal; hemiplegia; ST~peptic ulcer/gastritis atrophic; oedema; Yin Xu w unruptured abscess, unhealed Carbuncle, skin erosion, unhealed wound, Eruptive diseases & skin infection; Wounds~slow healing; infertility; oedema; nephritis; sweat~profuse- menopause; face swelling; diabetes; skin~circulation poor|CI: excess Pattern, Yang Pattern & Yang Shi in Yin Xu; CI: acute infections; astragalus has many varieties; some TOXIC. CHM varieties are relatively safe but in rare cases may cause rash|In Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang, Shi Quan Da Bu Tang, Gui Pi Tang, Yu Ping Feng Sang; (1) Qi Xu w weakness, exhaustion & fatigue/w limb numbness & apoplectic sequelae; Huangqi+Danggui in Qi Xu+Xue Xu/Xue Stasis w skin DysFx etc; w Dangshen, Shengma & Chaihu in SJM-SP-ST Qi Sinking w visceral prolapse (LI~rectum~prolapse in chronic diarrhoea; ST~prolapse (ptosis); uterus prolapse etc; w Dangshen & Baizhu in SP Xu w Appetite~poor, faeces loose, fatigue & bleeding; w Danggui (Dangui Bu Xue Soup) in Qi Xu+Xue Xu; ST~peptic ulcer; ST~gastritis~atrophic; (2) w Baizhu in Xu & Weiqi Xu/Surface weak w common Cold, debilitation, sweat~profuse/sweat~spontaneous; (3) Qi-Xue Xu w dermatitis, skin infection; skin ulcer; skin erosion, non-draining Carbuncle/cellulitis; abscess~unruptured; also draining Carbuncle/cellulitis~indolent; unhealed wound, eruptive diseases & dermatitis, skin infection of Yin type; (4) HT Yang Xu & KI Yang Xu/SP Xu w oedema; limb oedema, dysuria, HT~palpitation & panting; Qi Xu & Xue Stasis w diabetes; hemiplegia; asthma & leukocytopenia; LU Qi Xu w asthma; (5) Honey-fried Huangqi is better as Vulnerary; Expel Sepsis; Regenerate Tissue & Build SP; Build Qi; Huangqi Slices are better as Stop Sweat, Diuretic & Build HT; Hypotensor; Hypoglycaemic; Quicken Xue (improve circulation) in flesh & skin|Huangqi is more commonly prescribed as Beiqi (northern Huangqi), said to be better but usually Hb stores do not differentiate them >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD QI|Lingzhi (Jap: Reishi); Lingzi; Lingzhi; Linzi|Ganoderma|Red Ganoderma, Lucid Ganoderma, Reishi Medical Fungus; Mushroom Of Immortality; Elixir Of Immortality|Immunostimulant; Anticancer~Tonic; Calm Shen; Boost Immunglobulins; Boost Lymphoblast Transformation; Boost Phagocytosis; Boost T-Lymphocyte Production; Ease Pain; Antiallergy/Antihistamine; Clear Phlegm; Calm Asthma; Anticancer; Anticholinergic; Anticonvulsant; Antimicrobial; HT~Antiarrhythmia; Antiplatelet-Aggregation; Anticoagulant/Antithrombus; Antihypoxia (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); Boost radiation tolerance; Ease Spasm; Boost Learning & Concentration; Calming; Move HT Xue (Boost HT Blood Flow); Build HT; Hypotensor; LV-Protector; Hypoglycaemic; Adaptogen* (Antistress*); Antioxidant*/Antiageing*; activate blood glutathione peroxidase; CNS Rectifier*; Tonic*~general to restore health esp in weakness/debility, convalescence after disease/postoperative; prevent illness; protect body-mind-spirit; " Mushroom of Spiritual Potency " ; Boost calmness, centeredness, peacefulness, balance, inner awareness, inner strength, memory, concentration, will power, wisdom & intelligence for radiant health, longevity & spiritual attainment; " Great Protector " (physical, mental, spiritual, Immunological); Boost body strength; (1) Rectify CNS* esp in neurasthenia; Calm Shen*~Build HT; Anxiolytic; Antidepression; Ease tension, Strengthen nerves; Aid Meditation*; Build Qi; Move Qi Stasis; Build Xue; Aid Sleep; Antianaemia: Shen disturbed*, restlessness, mental tension, anxiety, depression, nervousness, neurasthenia, concentration~poor; Qi Xu; Qi Stasis; Xue Xu; insomnia; HT Qi Xu/HT Xue Xu w insomnia, dreaminess, amnesia, dullness, fright & severe HT~palpitation; Prolonged use often allows withdrawal from allopathically prescribed psychoactive drugs; (2) Respiratory: Build LU; regenerate LU/bronchial/tracheal mucous membrane; Clear Phlegm~Ease Cough/Calm Asthma; Expectorant; Antidyspnoea; Antibronchitis: Xu w Phlegm/expectoration, bronchitis~chronic w cough & dyspnoea; tuberculosis; (3) Immune system: Boost Weiqi; Immunomodulator esp Immunostimulant; Boost Cold tolerance; Antiinflammation; Boost white blood cell & T-cell Fxs; Boost phagocytosis; Boost Immunoglobulins; Boost NKC & interferon- production; Boost T-cell transformation, macrophage production & phagocytosis, white blood cells; Boost IL-2, IL-6, TNF-a & production serum agglutination; Antivirus; Antibacterial; Anticancer; Cytotoxic/Induce cancer cell apoptosis; Boost radiation tolerance; Boost chemotherapy tolerance: cancer; counter side-effects of cancer radiotherapy/chemotherapy; leukocytotic; AntiHIV (Cytopathic effect, Inhibit HIV-1 PR enzyme); Antiallergic; Antihistamine; Inhibit histamine release: Weiqi Xu w Cold aversion; Immunomediated diseases esp Immunosuppression, inflammation, leukocytopenia; infections (viral; bacterial, fungal, candidiasis, parasitic); cancer & side effects of cancer therapy (radiotherapy, chemotherapy); HIV; allergy (dust, pollen etc); autoimmune diseases; myasthenia gravis; adverse effects of prolonged Antibiotic use; (4) Cardiovascular: Move Xue Stasis; HT-Protector; Move HT Xue~Boost HT circulation~HT~arteries; HT~Cardiotonic/Boost HT~myocardium contraction; Boost circulation; Antiplatelet-aggregation; Antithrombus; Anticoagulant; Antihypoxic; Aid oxygen use; Antiischaemic: HT~CHD; Vascular Tonic~HT; Vascular Tonic~general; Hypotensor~mild & prolonged (Inhibit angiotensin-1 converting enzyme); Hypolipaemic; Hypocholesterolaemic; Inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis; reduce HDL ( " bad " cholesterol): Xu w fatigue, insomnia, neurasthenia; Xue Stasis; thrombosis; Arteriosclerosis, HT-CHD; HT~arrhythmia, HT Xue Stasis, HT~arteries blocked; HT~angina pectoris, panting; Insomnia; hypoxia; ischaemia; circulation~poor; Hypertension; Hyperlipaemia; Hypercholesterolaemia; high HDL; (5) Endocrine system & metabolism: Boost RNA/protein metabolism; Boost protein & RNA synthesis; Rectify hormones; (6) Also: Build KI; Build Jing; Build Fluids; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: KI Xu; Jing Xu; senile diseases; amnesia & degenerative diseases; bone dysfx; structural (skeleton/muscle) development~poor; Clear Toxin; Build LV; LV-Protector; Reduce SGOT & SGPT; Build SP; Appetiser; Digestive: Hypoglycaemic; Antidiabetes; Adjust insulin sensitivity: Diabetes; Ease Pain: Toxin exposure LV Xu; indigestion: LV~hepatitis; LV~cirrhosis; Hyperglycaemia; diabetes; Adaptogen*; Build Qi; Boost body strength; Build body; Guard Surface; Build Weiqi; Tonic* in spiritual malaise; Build Mind/concentration; Digestive; Aid Sleep; Ease Cough; Antidyspnoea; Tonic* in LU Xu, wa-sting Patterns, chronic fatigue & AIDS; Immunostimulant*; Anticancer*; Reduce adverse effects of cancer therapy incl radiation, chemotherapy & surgery); Boost Hypoxic Tolerance; Antistress; Hypocholesterolaemic; Hypolipaemic; Hypotensor|Sweet/bland; Warm|HT; SP; LU; KI; LV|As Soup: 3-10g; Has ganoderic acids Reishi broken spores (3-10g/d) may be more potent than whole Hb||asthma, cough, tinnitus, deafness, tiredness/sorenessoflowerback & knees in ??; Cancer, (side effects of cancer therapy incl radiation, chemotherapy & surgery); high altitude stress; high cholesterol & hyperlipidemia; hypertension; chronic fatigue Pattern & AIDS; LU Xu; wa-sting Patterns; spiritual malaise; difficulty concentrating; poor digestion; insomnia & poor immune response|Very safe; no side effects at normal dose; can be taken daily for long periods to keep body slim & healthy wo side effect; high doses of crude powder may cause diarrhoea/faeces~loose, mouth dry, skin rash/slight digestive DysFx initially (extracts reduce this)||most highly rated multifunction Hb in TCM; PC-SPES extracts reduced cell growth of LNCaP cells by 72-80%, and cell viability decreased similarly. individual herbal extract suppressed cell growth as follows: Dendranthema morifolium (85% reduction) > Sanqi (81%) > Gancao (73%) > Donglingcao (71%) > Huangqin (66%) > Lingzhi (63%) > Daqingye (51%) > Juchizonglan (14%). Only Gancao, Huangqin and Juchizonglan lowered intracellular and secreted PSA, while the remaining herbs increased PSA expression. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD QI|Renshen; Renseng; Zhujierenshen ???? lŽQ; (Dangshen = Substitute)|Rx Ginseng Rx Ginseng|Asian/Chinese/Korean Ginseng Rx Ginseng Rx; Chinese/Japanese Ginseng Root Steamed Until Red|(1) Build Yuanqi; (2) Build SP; Build LU; (3) Build Fluids; Ease Thirst; (4) Calm Shen; Build wisdom; (5) Also: Rectify blood pressure; Rectify blood sugar; boost sex hormone secretion; Build Xue; Build Qi (1) Build Qi; Restore Qi/Xue in Qi/Xue Collapse: Qi/Xue Collapse w listlessness, weak respiration & indistinct pulse; single use for exhaustion of Qi/Xue (Ginseng Soup); Yin Exhaustion, w Maimendong, Fr Schtsandrae (Restore Pulse Beat Powder); Yang Exhaustion, w Rx Aconiti Prep (Soup of Ginseng & Aconiti Prep). HT failure & shock; (2) Build SP Qi: SP Xu w appetite~poor, fatigue & emaciation, bleeding (haemorrhagic) diseases, prolapse of uterus & rectum, visceroptosis & anaemia; (3) Produce Fluid to quench thirst: Febrile Disease w Fluid Consumption; diabetes; (4) Build LU Qi: LU Qi Xu w panting, dyspnoea, cough, sweat~night; susceptibility to common Cold; (5) Build Weiqi: common Cold in Xu/debilitation, pyogenic dermatitis, skin infection & Carbuncle of Yin type; (6) Build Qi; Calm Shen: HT Qi Xu w HT~palpitation, amnesia, insomnia, amnesia, sweat~spontaneous, cardiodyriia etc; impotence, sterility, emission, ejaculatio praecox, enuresis etc; has many ginsenosides, such as ginsenoside R0, Ra, Rbl, Rb2, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf, Rgi, Rg2, Rg3 etc; (1) Rectify CNS incl excitation & inhibition processes; (2) Build HT; Hypertensive in acute circulatory failure after heavy bleeding; (3) Hypoglycaemic; (4) Boost phagocytosis & boost lymphocyte-blastogenesis rate; ??Clear Nebula/cataract; Build Qi* in Qi Xu; Restore Pulse*; Build Yuanqi*; Build Weiqi; Guard Surface; Build SP*; Build SP Qi*; Build Muscle; Build LU; Build LU Qi*; Rectify LU Qi; Rectify Ying (Nourishing system); Build Xue; Build Fluids; Clear Fire; Build HT; Build HT Qi; Calm Shen; Antiplatelet aggregation; Antithrombus; Anticoagulant; Vascular Tonic/Circulatory Tonic (small dose stimulates but large dose suppresses); Normalise vascular tone (Vasoconstrictor/Vasodilator); Vasodilator~Peripheral; Hypotensor in hypertension; Hypertensor in hypotension; improve oxygen use; HT Muscle~Antiischaemic; Antihypoxia (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); CNS Tonic (excite/Nourish/Stabilise CNS); Build Brain; Rectify CNS responses; Aid Mental stabililty; Boost memory (small dose); Boost Learning & Concentration; Boost Libido; Boost Libido in libido~low; Immunostimulant; Boost Antibody response/Production; Boost Lymphoblast Transformation; Boost Phagocytosis; Boost T-Lymphocyte Production; Anticancer; Adaptogen/Antistress**; Antifatigue/Antiexhaustion~profound effect in Xu w exhaustion; Strengthen/Build up body; Boost vitality, Boost physical endurance & encourage body Fx; Antioxidant/Antiageing**; Boost Fertility; Adaptogen/Antistress in physical/mental stress; Boost Metabolism; ginsenosides Boost ACTH; Stimulate Adrenal Cortex & Build corticosteroid levels; Boost radiation tolerance; Antiulcer; Antidiabetes; Normalise blood sugar (Hypoglycaemic/Hyperglycaemic); Clear Toxin hangover; Aid Drug Detox~Antihabituative to morphine; Regenerate Tissue; hasten RNA & protein synthesis; Vulnerary; Nootropic (substance like Rhodiola to boost cognition, protect brain & have low toxicity & few side effects) boost learning & memory & increase 5-HT levels in frontal cerebral cortex. Agents that block Ach suppress activity of ascending pathways & interfere w memory; Tonic~physical; boost physical performance, muscle strength & hypoxic tolerance; Antioxidant effect: Hypericum > Wujiapi > Rhodiola > Yimucao > Aralia mandshurica > Valeriana > Echinopanax > Wuweizi > Renshen; Antidiabetes**, insulinotropic**, Hypoglycaemic** & increased LV glycogen (best plants tested); boost visual & auditory reaction, alertness & psychomotor skills, Antianaemia; Build Xue; Antifatigue, Antistress, boost physical fitness, mental fatigue & neuro-motoric; HT-Protector, Antiarrhythmic; Adaptogen/Antistress; 5-times more TOXIC than Rhodiola; may cause constipation & over-excitement|Sweet; Bitter~mildly; Warm aromatic; Neutral; Sweet; Warm/Warm~mildly; bitter~slight; ginsenoside is mostly from Cx; not from pith|SP; LU; HT |As Soup: 3-9g alone w slow cooking; As Powder: 1-2g orally, bid/tid; As Soup: 10-30g in shock/ prostration, taken in several separate doses; Soups of Renshen w other Hbs for oral use;|(1) panting, mental fatigue, pulse faint & indistinct; prostration in illnesses severe/chronic, profuse bleeding & excessive emesis/diarrhoea; (2) SP Qi Xu w appetite~poor, faeces~loose, magersucht & lassitude; LU Xu & KI Xu w dyspnoea & sweat~spontaneous in; (3) thirst in Fluid Impairment & diabetes; (4) HT Qi Xu w insomnia, amnesia, HT~palpitation/severe HT~palpitation; Xu; Qi-Xue Xu; Yuanqi Xu; Qi Xu esp Yang Xu; Weiqi Xu; SP Xu; SP Qi Xu*; LU Xu; LU Qi Xu*; HT Qi Xu; Shen Disturbed; Heat/Fire w Fluid Xu;|LU DysFx; HT DysFx; SJM- SP-ST DysFx|Avoid unless Qi Xu is present; CI: Shi/Heat; Incompatible w Lilu, Wulingzhi/ Zaojiaozi / Zaojiaoci; Chaye/ Laifuzi decreases Renshen effect so strictly avoid tea & turnips/radish wild mountain ginseng; See Hongrenshen; Renshen (esp red Ginseng) is Warm & can create Heat problems if used wrongly/in susceptible subjects; (Xiyangshen Build Qi less strongly than Renshen + Build Yin esp LU Yin; preferred in subjects w tendency to get too hot/hyper; Cool Hb); Caution: Pregnancy; can reduce foetal esp arm/leg growth & development; high doses in pregnancy can masculinise babies due to overstimulation of male sex hormones; use for short periods only; ||(1) cultivated Rx = garden ginseng (Dried raw ginseng; Steamed red ginseng); (2) Wild Rx = Dried raw wild mountain ginseng >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD XUE|Heshouwu**; Shouwu Žñ? (Žñ‰G); Foti ????; (See: Zhiheshouwu); (See: Heshouwuteng) [Heshouwu is Rx; Yejiaoteng is Caulis+Fm]|Rx Polygoni Multiflori|Polygonum, Tuber Fleeceflower Rx, Polygonum Hoshouwu, Flowery Knotweed Rx (Crude; Prep Form Is Steamed W Black Soybean Juice)|Tonic~general; Boost vitality; Build Xue; Build Yin; Build KI; Build KI Yin*; Nourish Jing/sperm; Astringe/Guard Jing/Antispermatorrhoea; Astringe (Stop Leakage); Nourish Marrow; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Darken Hair/Beard; Antioxidant/Antiageing; LV-Protector; Build LV; Build LV Yin*; Build LV Xue; Clear Toxin esp Heat/Fire Toxin; Expel Wind from skin; Ease Itch; Moisten SI- LI; Laxative; Aid lipid metabolism; reduce blood triglycerides; Hypolipaemic; Hypocholesterolaemic; Hypotensor; Build HT; Move HT Xue (Boost HT Blood Flow); HT Muscle~Antiischaemic; HT~Antiarrhythmia; Build Xue; Antiatherosclerotic; Antiarteriosclerotic; Antiinflammation; Stimulate Adrenal Cortex; Immunostimulant; Antimicrobial; Boost Antibody Production; Boost Immunglobulins; Boost Lymphoblast Transformation; Aid fertility; (1) Build LV+Build KI; Aid Jing; Build Xue: Jing Xu & Xue Xu w baldness, backache w weakness of knee joint, immovability of limbs, hemiplegia & paraplegia; Xue Xu w face~pallor/sallow, HT~palpitation, vertigo, tinnitus, numbness of limbs, insomnia, dreaminess sleepiness, somnambulism, epilepsy, urticaria & derrnatoxerasia; LV Xu & KI Xu w emission/leukorrhagia. Hypercholesterinemia & atherosclerosis; (2) Laxative (crude Hb): constipation in Xu; (3) Clear Toxin (crude Hb): scrofula, Carbuncle etc Prep Hb in malaria~chronic w Qi-Xue Xu; (1) Prep sample can Boost lymphocyte-transformation; (2) Reduce serum cholesterol; Antiatherosclerosic; (3) crude sample is Purge|Bitter/Bitter-Sweet/sour; Astringe Warm~mildly/Warm |LV; HT; KI |As Soup: 6-25g/d; 4-5 tablets, tid|Xu Patterns; LV Xu; LV Yin Xu, LV Xue Xu; KI Xu; KI Qi Xu; KI Jing Xu; Tongue: Pale, may be dry; Pulse: Weak, thin|KI DysFx; LV DysFx; GB DysFx; convalescence; KI Yin Xu, Leukorrhoea, spermatorrhoea; emission~semen~night; arthralgia; knees~pain/weak, lowback pain/weak, limb pain, ageing~premature; hair~prematurely grey; Xue Xu w constipation & skin rash/sores; LV Yin Xu, vertigo, Carbuncle, hypertension, hypoglycemia, insomnia, Headache-Dull; Eye-Pain; Eyesight blurred, hypercholesterolaemia, Build LV; Build KI; Moisten LI; Clear Toxin~Fire Toxin; Boost fertility; Build Qi/vitality; Build Sinew; Aid lipid metabolism; Hypocholesterolaemic; inhibit absorption of cholesterol in SI; reduce blood triglycerides; Toxicosis; inflammation; constipation; abscess, scrofula, sores & Carbuncle, rubella, constipation; Hypertension; hyperlipemia; vascular sclerosis; Fatigue, Weakness, arteriosclerosis; hair greying prematurely; backache, knee pain, lumbago; insomnia; lymph gland swelling; HT~palpitation; vertigo; elevated serum cholesterol, CHD; abscess & ulcer|CI: SP Xu; diarrhoea, Phlegm/in faeces~loose/w Damp Phlegm Shi|Sole ingredient of Shouwu Pian (Polygonum Pill), whose actions/uses are as here| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD XUE|Zhiheshouwu; Zhishouwu §Žñ? (§Žñ‰G); (See: Heshouwu)|Rx Polygoni Multiflori Prep|Fried Fleeceflower Rx, Prep Tuber Fleeceflower Rx|Build Xue; Build LV; Build KI; Build KI Jing; Grow Hair; Darken Hair; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Hypotensor; Antiatherosclerotic|Bitter- Sweet; Astringe; Warm|LV; HT; KI|As Soup: 6-12g/d||Xue Xu w pallor, vertigo; tinnitus, beard; hair grey prematurely, lowback weakness; knees weak, limbs numb, metrorrhagia/metrostaxis, leukorrhagia, Xu/weakness in malaria~chronic; hyperlipemia. Often alone in hypospermia/dyszoospermia|CI: faeces~loose/w Damp Phlegm Shi|| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Bajitian**; Bajirou ”bŒ??; Baji ”bŒ|Rx Morindae|Morinda Rx, Bacopa Rx, Herpestis Rx, Medicinal Indian Mulberry Rx|(1) Warm KI; Build Yang: KI Yang Xu w impotence, emission, enuresis, urination~frequent & sterility; (2) Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Expel Cold & Damp: LV Xu & KI Xu w weakness of limbs, lassitude & Cold pain of waist & knees;/chronic rheumatism w arthralgia, weakness, Cold pain of joints, fatigue & tongue~pale; (1) act as androgen; (2) Boost luteinizing action of HPOA; (3) develop immature granulocytes; Warm/Build KI; Build Yang; Build KI Yang*; Guard KI Jing; Expel Wind+Expel Cold; Expel Damp; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Antiarthritis; Warm Cold; Antineuralgic; Antidote to steroid-induced atrophy of thymus & adrenocortical suppression; w increased SGPT levels; Sexual Hormone Agonist; Treat impotence, ejaculation~premature; androgen-like effect; LSH effect; luteinizing action; Immunostimulant; develop immature granulocytes; Antiinflammation; Adaptogen/Antistress|Acrid; Sweet; Warm~mildly|KI; LV; LU|As Soup: 6-15g; As Powder: 4-10g|Wind Damp Cold Bi; KI Xu; KI Yang Xu; LV Xu|KI Xu; Yang Xu esp KI Yang Xu w impotence; infertility; ejaculation~premature; urination~frequent; incontinence; menstrual irregularity; abdomen lower Cold & painful & neuritis~chronic (esp sciatica); Damp Cold; muscle atrophy; arthritis; KI DysFx; arthritis, osteoporosis; impotence, spermatorrhoea, emission~semen, enuresis, urinary frequency & sterility; weakness of limbs, lassitude & Cold pain of waist & knees;/chronic rheumatism w arthralgia, weakness, Cold pain of joints, fatigue & pale tongue|CI: Yin Xu w Damp Heat/Heat. Incompatible w Danshen. Caution in dysuria but KI Yang Xu patients have tendency to develop enlargement of prostate|| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Buguzhi**; Poguzhi; Guzhi ŒÌŽq; (See: Gusuibu)|Fr/S Psoraleae|Malaytea Scurfpea Fr/S, Psoralea S|(1) Vulnerary; Build KI Yang; Build Bone; Build Teeth; (1a) Warm/Build KI;Warm/Build Yang; Warm/Build KI Yang; Sexual Hormone Agonist; Boost Qi Absorption; (2) Warm/Build SP*; Warm/Build KI; Antidiarrhoea; Haemostat~Astringe~uterus; Relax uterus; Antidyspnoea; Calm Asthmatic; (3) Aid Skin to produce new melanin locally (Topical in vitiligo & psoriasis); (4) Also: Build SI-LI peristalsis; excite SI-LI smooth muscle; Move HT Xue (Boost HT Blood Flow); Vasodilator~HT~arteries; Boost HT rate; Antimicrobial; Antibacterial; Anticancer; Antitumour; Boost Leucocytosis; Boost Phagocytosis; Boost macrophage phagocytosis; Inhibit Antibody Production; Insecticide/Antiexoparasitic; |Acrid; bitter; Hot/Warm~very|KI; SP|As Soup: 3-9g Psoralen ampule: 1-2mg IM qd; Topical: qs|(1) used in Die Da ( " hit & fall”=traumatology) medicine for fractures during martial arts; w Gouji & Xuduan to heal fractures/bone trauma & sinew trauma; Gusuibu is used for this purpose also; (1a) Yang Xu; KI Yang Xu w Cold pain of waist & knees, Sexual DysFx, spermatorrhoea, emission~semen esp night, impotence, abortion~threatened; Metrorrhagia/metrostaxis & sterility; urinary frequency; enuresis, cough, dyspnoea & panting, asthma~bronchial; teeth loose, toothache~deep to jaw bone; (2) Yang Xu; SP Yang Xu+KI Yang Xu w diarrhoea~chronic & diarrhoea~cock- crow ( before dawn, 0500h); (3) im injection & Topical of psoralen for leukoderma & psoriasis; vitiligo & psoriasis; (4) Topical as alcoholic infusion for corn & leukoplakia vulvae; cancer; uterus~spasm; angina w HT~arteries spasm; leukocytopenia; ||May cause melaena/blood in stool; if so, stop use immediately;|| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Dongchongxiacao; Dongcongxiacao??; Chongcao ’Ž‘ (峑); Dongchongcao “~’Ž‘ (“~峑); ??Dongcongxiacao|Cordyceps|Chinese Caterpillar Fungus on larva corpse of Hepialus armoricanus; Cordyceps Medical Fungus; “Winter Worm, Summer Grass”; " Fruits " Out Of Head Of Dead Worms/Insects; One Of Dearest & Most Valuable Hbs In TCM; Elixir Of Life|Haemostat; Clear Phlegm; (1) Build LU & Build KI, Haemostat & Clear Phlegm; (2) Build Qi in Xu w debility, weakness in consumptive diseases; See { HYPERLINK " Http://Www.Ancientway.Com/Pages/Cordyceps.Html " }Http://Www.Ancientway.com/Pages/Cordyceps.html; Tonic~physical; boost physical performance, muscle strength & hypoxic tolerance; Tonic~general; Restorative; Build Yang; Antioxidant/Antiageing; Build LU; Build LU Yin; Clear Phlegm+Ease Cough; Antiwheeze; Build KI; Build KI Yang; Haemostat; Immunostimulant; Antibacterial; Spasmolytic~smooth muscle; Anticancer; Calming; Adaptogen/Antistress; CNS Rectifier; Endocrine Rectifier; Tonic~general esp in old age, debility, convalescence/postoperative/postpartum/after taxation (exertion~excessive); Build Qi; Boost Stamina/endurance/Physical Strength/Performance; Build Yin; Build Yang; Strengthen body; athlete's Hb; very costly but ranks w Renshen, Lingzhi & Deer Antler as Tonic~general* & to Build Yang* & Build Jing*; Ranks w Renshen, Lujiao, Epimedium & Hailong to Build Yang Jing* (in male athletes); is strong long range Tonic; Build Yin Jing* (in female athletes): Cordyceps & Tortoise Shell in Yin Jing Xu; (1) Build KI*; Build KI Yang; Build Jing* (both Yin & Yang); Boost KI Metabolism; Boost KI transport Fx; KI-Protector; Build KI Yuanqi; Boost Libido+Sexual Fx; Antiimpotence; prolong erection; Boost brain power; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle; Speed Growth; strengthen physical structure esp strengthen loin, knees & ankles; Speed Healing: KI Xu w sexual neurasthenia, frigidity, infertility, impotence, emission, loin pain/weakness & knee pain/weakness, alopecia, vertigo & tinnitus; backache in trauma, fatigue, stress/ageing; (2) Build KI; Build LU*; Aid LU/respiration*; Calm Asthma/prevent LU/respiratory diseases incl asthma; improve inspiration; Antidyspnoea; Clear Phlegm; Boost anoxia tolerance; Boost Stamina; Haemostat; Spasmolytic~smooth muscle of bronchi: LU Qi Xu/LU Xu+KI Xu w cough, wheezing, dyspnoea, panting/cough w blood-tinged sputum; (3) Also: Antioxidant/Antiageing; Aid memory; Appetiser; Build Weiqi; Immunomodulator esp Immunostimulant esp w other Tonic Hbs (Renshen, Lingzhi, Lycium/Astragalus); Antibacterial; Antifungal; Antivirus; AntiHIV; Anticancer; Antiinflammation: Immunosuppression; Bacterial, viral, fungal & yeast infections (candidiasis); senility; degenerative diseases; Calm Shen; Strengthen Mind; Build HT/Cardiotonic; Move HT Xue; Boost HT muscle driving power; Boost RCC/endurance; Hypotensive: Vascular Tonic; Vasodilator~HT~arteries & peripheral vessels; Hypocholesterolaemic; vascular diseases; hypertension; LV-Protector; Resolve LV Qi Stasis/depression: Antiascites in LV cirrhosis; LV~Antihepatitic; LV~Prevent fibrosis; Normalise GOT & GPT; Antidiabetes: Boost insulin secretion; Build ST: Antiulcer~ST ulcer stress- related|sweet; Neutral. Warm|LU; KI|As Soup: 4.5-15g; Powder: l.5-2.0g bid/tid; As Soup~oral: 3-9g/d; Pulverised~oral: 1.5-3.0g/dose; also as pills/powder w other drugs||(1) cough w blood-tinged sputum, asthma & panting in LU Xu. Lassitude & pains of lowback & knees & impotence & spermatorrhoea, emission~semen in KI Xu; (2) Xu Pattern in Taxation or, in restoration of health in convalescence. Its Restore effect is slow, longer period of use is required; KI Yang Xu w impotence; lowback pain~chronic; Cold aversion; Phlegm/sputum excess & lacrimation; Xu Patterns (LU Yin Xu & KI Yang Xu) w Yin Consumed/TB; cough~chronic; wheeze; sputum excess; haemoptysis (blood in sputum); colic; geriatric bronchitis|Safe over long periods but Avoid large doses (may be TOXIC); No side effects reported at normal doses; CI: Surface Pattern; Wind Cold w cough|Dongchongxiacao 10g, Kuandonghua 6g, Sangbaipi 8g, Gancao 3g, Xiaohuaixiang 2g, water 600ml in weakness/geriatrics w chronic bronchitis: Boil down to 200ml as 67ml servings tid; Dongchongxiacao alone/w Shanzhuyu, Shanyao & Tusizi in KI Xu w impotence, emission~semen; lowback~pain/weak; knees~pain/weak; Dongchongxiacao w Shashen, Ejiao & Chuanbeimu in LU Xu w cough~chronic, asthma~chronic/cough w haemoptysis; Dongchongxiacao as Soup cooked with chicken, duck or pork in Xu/debility~chronic w sweat~spontaneous & Cold- aversion;| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Duzhong**|Cx Eucommiae|Eucommia Cx|(1) Build LV; Build KI*; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; (2) Build KI*; Prevent Miscarriage*; (3) Calm LV Yang; Hypotensor; (1) Build LV+Build KI; Warm KI; Build Yin; Build Yang; Build LV Xue; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Build Muscle; Strengthen back/lowback area; Ease Pain: LV Xu & KI Xu w soreness loin & knees, flaccidity of lower limbs; infantile paralysis; (2) Calm Foetus; prevent miscarriage: abortion~threatened in LV Xu & KI Xu; Uterus~Tonic??; (3) Diuretic; Hypotensor; Calming; Build HT; Vasodilator~Peripheral; Hypolipaemic: Hypertention esp w KI Xu & LV Xu; (4) Also: Immunostimulant; Boost Phagocytosis of mononuclear phagocytes; Antiinflammation; |Sweet-bitter~mildly; Acrid~mildly; Warm|LV; KI|As Soup: 9-15g; fried sample is better for Hypertension|Yang Xu; KI Cold; KI Xu; Hypertension w KI Xu/LV Xu|KI DysFx; muscle weakness; tendon weakness; Lowback/waist soreness & weakness; knee soreness & weakness; osteoporosis esp postmenopausal; bone fracture; metrorrhagia/metrostaxis in pregnancy; vaginal discharge bloody in pregnancy; abortion~threatened in LV Xu & KI Xu|Warm & recuperative Hb; Caution/CI: Fire Shi in Yin Xu (Yin Xu w Fire)|(1) Duzhong w Build Yin Hbs esp Build KI Yin & Build LV Yin Hbs in LV Yin Xu & KI Yin Xu w lowback* pain/weakness, knee* pain/weakness; LV Xu Cold & KI Xu Cold w impotence, urination~frequent etc; (2) Duzhong w other Build KI/Prevent Miscarriage Hbs in abortion~threatened & habitual abortion; (3) Duzhong w other Calm LV Yang Hbs in LV Yang Shi w vertigo/headache, Duzhong w other classes of Hbs in other classes of vertigo/headache; w Niuxi & Shudihuang in muscle & tendon weakness| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Lujiao [banned]|Cornu Cervi|Deer Horn, Deer Horn Slices|Ease Spasm; Antifever; tonic; stimulant; Build KI Yang; Build KI Jing; Antifever; tonic; stimulant; Build Xue; Quicken Xue, Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Spasmolytic; Reduce Swelling|||||KI DysFx||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Lujiaojiao [banned]|Colla Cornu Cervi|Deer Horn Gelatin/Glue|Build Qi; Build Yang; Build KI Yang; Build KI Jing; Boost Libido; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Build Xue; Haemostat; Aid energy metabolism|||||KI DysFx; impotence; Boost virility; libido low||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Lujiaoshuang [banned]|Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum|Degelatinated Deer Antler|Build Qi; Build Yang; Build KI Yang; Build KI Jing; Build Xue; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Astringe|||||||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Lurong; Lurongpian Ž‘ù•Ð|Cornu Cervi Pantotricium/Parvum|Deer Horn Slices, Hairy Deer Horn Slices, Velvet Deer Antler Slices, Pilose Deer Horn|Build KI Yang; Build Jing; Build Xue; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: KI Yang Xu w Limbs cold, fatigue, backache, impotence, emission & urination~frequent, enuresis, sterility, metrorrhagja/leukorrhagia; KI Xu w panting & dyspnoea; Yang Xu & Jing Xu & Xue Xu w limbs flaccid/maldevelopment, delayed walking, delayed teeth eruption & delayed closure of fontanel in infants/unhealed skin lesion (1) It is a tonic, Boost ST-SI-LI peristalsis, Speed healing of ulcer/wound; Boost level of RBC, haemoglobin & reticulocyte; (2) Boost HT muscle contractility, HT rate & HT~output; (3) gonadotropic; Anticancer; Antioxidant/Antiageing; Antiulcer; Immunostimulant; Antiinflammation; Adaptogen/Antistress; Hypotensor; Boost Metabolism; Vulnerary; Heal Burns; Boost Learning & Concentration; Sexual Hormone Agonist; Build Yang*; Warm/Build KI Yang*; Build KI Jing*; Build Xue; Expel Cold in Chongmai & CV; Strengthen Chongmai & CV; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;|Sweet; Salty; Warm|KI; LV|As Pill/powder: 0.25-0.5g bid/tid|Yang Xu; KI Yang Xu|||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Roucongrong; Dayun ????|Hb Cistanchis|Cistanches Hb, Desertliving Cistanche Stem, Broomrape Fleshy Stem|(1) Build KI; Build Jing: KI Yang Xu & Jing Xu & Xue Xu w impotence, emission, ejaculation premature, sterility, limbs flaccid & Cold pain of waist & knees; (2) Moisten LI; Laxative: constipation in LI Dryness in old age; diseased; puerperant w Xue Xu & Fluid Consumption; (1) Hypotensor; (2) Sialagogue; (1) Build Yang; Build KI; Build KI Yang; (2) Laxative (Purge~Moisten); Moisten SI-LI; Demulcent; (3) Also: Tonic~general; Build Yin as well as Yang; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Warm Uterus; Boost Libido; Build Yin & Build Yang; Hypotensor|Sweet-Sour; salty; Warm|KI; LI|6-18g As Soup. large dose may be 30g|Yang Xu; Yin Xu; KI Yang Xu; KI Xu|KI DysFx; TH DysFx; impotence; infertility; ejaculation~premature; constipation~Dry; KI Yang Xu w impotence; spermatorrhoea, emission~semen; ejaculation~premature; infertility; lumbago; weak Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle (osteoporosis; menopause); constipation in LI~dry||(1) w Buguzhi, Tusizi, Shechuangzhi, Bajitian, Shayuanzi, Shanzhuyu etc in KI Xu/Xu Cold w impotence/infertility~female, Coldness & pain of lowback & knee etc; (2) w Huomaren, Chenxiang, Rehmannia & Danggui in constipation in geriatrics/w Xu/weak physiques, | >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Suoyang|Hb/Caulis Cynomorii|Songaria Stem, Cynomorium Hb|Tonic; Immunostimulant; Boost ST-SI-LI Peristalsis (Muscle Activity); Sexual Hormone Agonist; Build KI; Strengthen gonads; impotence; Build Yang; Build KI; Build KI Yang; Build KI Jing; Build Xue; Moisten SI-LI; Build gonads; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Laxative; (1) Build KI; Build Jing: KI Yang Xu; Jing Xu; Xue Xu w impotence, emission, flaccidity/paralysis of limbs, Cold pain of loin; knees; (2) Moisten LI; Laxative: constipation; LI Dryness in old age; debility w Xue Xu; Fluid consumption. same action as Hb Cistanchis but Suoyang is better for Build KI Yang while Hb Cistanchis is better to Build Jing; Build Xue; Moisten SI- LI. Boost HT Xue Flow, HT muscle oxygen consumption; HT muscle contractility|Sweet; Warm|LV; KI; LI|As Soup: 9-15g|Yang Xu|tonic; impotence, ejaculation~premature; constipation~Dry||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Tusizi; ??Tushizi|S Cuscutae|South Dodder S/Chinese Dodder S, Cuscuta|Immunostimulant; Anticancer; Antimicrobial; Antioxidant/Antiageing; Hypotensor; Sexual Hormone Agonist; (1) Build LU; (2) Warm/Build KI; Build KI Yin; Build KI Yang; Build KI Jing; Guard Jing*/Antispermatorrhoea*; Antidiuretic*; (3) Calm Foetus; (4) Build LV; Aid Eyes; Warm/Build KI; Aid Ears; (5) Build SP; Antidiarrhoea in SP Xu; (6) Also: Build Yang; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Strengthen cartilage; Build HT; Boost lymphocyte-blastogenesis; (1) Build KI; Build Jing: KI Yang Xu/KI Jing Xu w impotence, emission, enuresis, urination~frequent, sterility, leukorrhagia, soreness of loin; knees, tinnitus; deafness; (2) Calm Foetus: LV Xu+KI Xu w abortion~threatened; habitual abortion, w Rml Taxilli, Xuduan; Ejiao (Bolus to Calm Foetus); (3) Build LV; Aid Eyesight: eyesight~blurred; Hypopsia in LV Xu; KI Xu; (4) Aid SP; Antidiarrhoea: faeces~loose/diarrhoea in SP Xu+KI Xu, w Fr Psoraleae, S Myristicae; Baizhu. aplastic anaemia; chyluria; (1) Build HT; (2) Boost lymphocyte-blastogenesis; sexual performance low (Erection~fast w ejaculation~premature usually is Yin Xu; impotence w complete flaccidity & libido low usually is Yang Xu – get your oats! –like Avena it treats both Yin Qi Xu & Yang Qi Xu);|Acrid; sweet; Warm Neutral-MIld|LU; LV; KI; SP|As Soup: 6-15g; Topical: qs|KI Xu/KI Yang Xu/KI Jing Xu/LV Xu w impotence, spermatorrhoea, emission~semen, ejaculation~premature, enuresis, urinary frequency, urination~frequent; urinary incontinence, infertility, sterility, leucorrhagia, lumbago, lowback soreness, knee soreness, Eyesight~blurred/poor, tinnitus; deafness, osteoporosis, vertigo|abortion~threatened; habitual abortion; impotence, spermatorrhoea, emission~semen, enuresis, urinary frequency, sterility, leucorrhagia, soreness of lowback; knees, Eyesight~blurred, tinnitus; deafness; aplastic anemia; chyluria; faeces~loose/diarrhoea||(1) alone/w other Build LU Hbs in LU Xu; (3) w other Build KI, Build LV; Calm Foetus Hbs like Sangjisheng, Xuduan; Ejiao in combined LV Xu; KI Xu w abortion~threatened; habitual abortion; (4) in hypopsia/Eyesight~poor; tinnitus; (5) w other Build SJM-SP-ST/Build KI Hbs like Buguzhi, Roudoukou; Baizhu in SP Xu; KI Xu w faeces~loose/diarrhoea| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Xianmao; Tianxianmao “VåŠ|Rz Curculigonis|Common Curculigo Rz|Adaptogen/Antistress; Immunostimulant; (1) Build KI; Build Yang: KI Yang Xu w impotence, emission, enuresis; urination~frequent; (2) Warm; Build SP Yang: SP Yang Xu/SP Yang Xu+KI Yang Xu w Cold pain of epigastrium; abdomen, appetite~poor; diarrhoea; (3) Expel Cold; Damp; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: Yang Xu w Cold pain of loin; knees; weakness of limbs/arthralgia; muscle spasm in Cold Damp. Boost pituitary reactivity to LH releasing factor; Boost ovary reactivity to LH; Boost HPOA luteinizing action; Anticonvulsant; Antiinflammation; Calming; Sexual Hormone Agonist; Warm/Build Yang; Warm/Build KI; Expel Cold; Expel Damp; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;|Acrid; Warm; TOXIC~mildly|KI; SP; LV|As Soup: 3- 9g||||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Xuduan; Chuanduan ì’f (ìÐ)|Rx Dipsaci|Himalayan Teasel Rx, Dipsacus|(1) Build LV; Build KI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Expel Wind+Expel Damp: w Rx Achyranthis Bidentatae; Cx Eucommiae in LV Xu; KI Xu w backache, knee pain, rheumatism; trauma; (2) Rectify Xue; Haemostat~uterus/vagina; Calm Foetus: w Shudihuang; Aiye in LV Xu; KI Xu w metrorrhagia; abortion~threatened; (3) Also: Correct vitamin E deficiency; Bacteriostatic~Pneumococcus; (1) Build LV; Build LV Xue; Build KI; Free Channels; Ease Pain; (2) Vulnerary~reunite Bone fractures; (3) Uterus~Tonic; Haemostat*~metrorrhagia/metrostaxis; Prevent metrorrhagia/metrostaxis; abortion; Strengthen Chongmai; CV; Calm Foetus; (4) Also: Haemostat* in menstrual DysFx; Antimicrobial; Drain Sepsis from abscesses; wounds; Build Yin; Build Yang; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; strengthen lowback; Quicken Xue??|Bitter; Acrid; sweet; warm~mildly|LV; KI|As Soup: 5- 15g|Yang Xu; KI Xu|KI DysFx; abortion~threatened; parturition premature; trauma; osteoporosis esp postmenopausal; bone fracture Blood circulation~poor||(1) w Cx Eucommiae, Niuxi, Fr Chaenomelis etc in Wind, Coldness; Damp w LV Xu; KI Xu w soreness; pain of lowback; leg, weakness of foot; knee, blood circulation~poor, arthralgia, muscle spasm etc; (2) w Ruxiang, Moyao, Zirantong, Tubiechong, Rz Drynariae etc in trauma, contusion, sprain,; fracture~closed; (3) w Danggui, Shudihuang, Ejiao, Aiye etc in metrorrhagia/metrostaxis, leukorrhoea, abortion~threatened, bleeding (uterus/vagina) in pregnancy etc| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Yinyanghuo; Xianglingpi åèËäB|Hb Epimedii|Epimedium Hb|(1) Build KI; Build Yang: KI Yang Xu w impotence, emission, enuresis, urination~frequent, soreness of waist; knees, sterility etc; (2) Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Expel Wind+Expel Damp: Wind Damp w arthralgia, numbness, muscle spasm; limbs flaccid; infantile paralysis; (3) Clear Phlegm+Ease Cough and, asthma: cough~chronic; asthma esp those of Yang Xu type. HT~CHD, Hypertension; neurasthenia; (1) Vasodilator~HT~arteries; Boost HT Xue Flow; (2) gonadotropic to prolong estrus in animals; increase sex gland weights (ovary, uterus, prostate, seminal vesicle; musculi levator ani; (3) Boost lymphocyte- blastogenesis rate; (1) Build Yang; Warm/Build KI; Warm/Build KI Yang*; Build KI Jing; Build/Guard Jing; Antispermatorrhoea; Boost Libido+Sexual Fx~male; Sexual Hormone Agonist; Aid sexual glands; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; (2) Expel Wind+Expel Damp (Expel Wind+Expel Damp); Expel Cold; Antirheumatic; Ease Spasm; (3) Build Yin; Yang; Downbear LV Yang Ascent (Gan Yang); (4) Also: Antioxidant/Antiageing; Boost memory in amnesia by increase brain circulation; Ease Cough; Calm Asthma; Expectorant; Antiallergy; HT-Protector; Antihypoxia (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); Build HT; HT Muscle~Antiischaemic; HT~Antiarrhythmia; Move HT Xue (Boost HT Blood Flow); Build Xue; Quicken Xue (Anticoagulant~lower blood viscosity); Haemostat~Astringe; Vascular Tonic; Vasodilator~peripheral; Hypotensor; Hypolipaemic; Hypocholesterolaemic; Hypoglycaemic; Rectify Endocrine axis (HPAG hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal- gonadal axis); Boost WBC; Immunomodulator; Immunostimulant esp cellular; Boost Lymphoblast Transformation; Boost Phagocytosis; Boost T-Lymphocyte Production; Boost Antibody Production; Boost Immunglobulins; Antibacterial; Antimicrobial; Antivirus; AntiHIV/AIDS; Antiinflammation; Aid DNA metabolism; common ingredient in Spring Wine|Acrid; Sweet; Warm|LV; KI|As Soup: 3-15g, up to 30g for single use; Traditionally stir-fried w goat-fat; this raises total saponin that dissolves by boiling in water, thereby improving its efficacy. Often steeped in wine for both KI Yang Xu; Painful Bi; Tablet of extract (0.3g equivalent to 2.7g of crude Hb): 4-6 tablets bid; Tablet of flavone (equivalent to 3g of crude Hb): 2-3g tid; Tablet of icariin (10mg equivalent to 5g of crude Hb): 2 tablets tid; |(1) KI Yang Xu w impotence; spermatorrhoea, emission~semen; urination~frequent; amnesia; withdrawal; lowback; knees Cold; painful; (2) Wind Damp Cold Painful Bi (pain; Fluid Retention) w such Sx as spasms/cramps in hands; feet; arthragia; numbness in limbs in bad circulation; (3) LV Yang Ascent in LV Xu; KI Xu w lowback pain; vertigo; menstrual irregularity; (4) Also: Wind Bi/Damp Bi; Xu Cold; KI Xu; Wind Damp|KI DysFx; male sexual DysFx; impotence, ejaculation~premature; oligospermia; spermatorrhoea, emission~semen~night; sterility; urine frequent; urinary incontinence; asthma; cough; soreness of lowback; knees; arthralgia; hemiplegia, numbness of limbs; Also: vaginitis w leukoplakia; Neurasthenia; HT disease; CHD; Viral infection of HT muscl; Asthma; Bronchial~chronic infection; Leucopenia; spinal cord myelitis|can damage Yin; may cause vertigo, emesis, mouth dry, thirst,; epistaxis; CI: Yin Xu Fire. Avoid prolonged use as Soup|(1) Yinyanghuo alone (30g in 500g rice wine), 5ml tid/w other Build KI Hbs in KI Yang Xu w impotence/infertility~female, lassitude in lowback; knee, urine incontinence etc; (2) Yinyanghuo w Antiarthralgic/Ease Pain Hbs like Sangjisheng, Qinjiao etc in Wind/Damp/Cold Bi w arthralgia, paralysis of lower limbs, muscle spasm, of hand/foot numbness etc; w Build Yang; Build Yin Hbs like Xianmao, Bajitian, Huangbai, Rz Anemarrhenae etc in Yin Xu; Yang Xu patterns like menopausal hypertension, hot flushes etc; (3) In impotence: A. Use Yinyanghuo 15g w Tusizi 15g. Grind into Powder. 5g/d in 3 servings. Take w yellow rice wine for 20d . Take first thing in morning; before bed. Massage perineal area from left to right; right to left about 10 times; B. Every night for 7 d use Chuanxiong 15g; Xixin 15g. Boil Soup; put in bathtub; sit for 20 minutes. Avoid intercourse for 100d . Avoid overexertion; chills; w Wuweizi, Gouqizi,; Shayuanjili for KI Xu impotence; infertility; w Sangjisheng for Painful Bi esp paralysis; pain of lower limbs/muscle contraction; numbness of limbs; w Xianmao, Huangbai,; Zhimu for Menopausal Sxs like face pallor, lowback pain, nocturia, menstrual irregularity,; vertigo from LV Yang Ascent in LV; KI Yin Xu. This combination also is used for LV Yang Ascent in males| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Yizhiren; (See: Hongdoukou)|Fr Alpiniae|Black Cardamon Fr/S; Sharpleaf Galangal Fr, Bitter cardamom Fr|(1) Warm SP; preserve saliva: SP Xu w salivation, w Rx Codonopsis PilosuIae; Baizhu; Cold Damp of SP; KI w abdomen~pain, emesis; diarrhoea, w S Myristicae; Baizhu; (2) Guard Jing; Antidiuretic: Xu Cold of KI Qi w emission~night, enuresis, nocturia/slow; difficult discharge of urine, w Rz Dioscoreae; Rx Linderae; (1) Boost chemotherapy tolerance~counter cyclophosphamide-induced leukopenia; (2) Inhibit biosynthesis of prostaglandin; (1) Warm/Build KI*; Astringe/Guard Jing/Antispermatorrhoea; Antidiuretic; (2) Warm/Build SP; Antidiarrhoea; Antisialorrhoea; ??Sialagogue; (3) Also: Tonic/Stimulant; Warm/Build Yang; Warm/Build KI Yang*; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Warm/Build SP Yang; Appetiser; Stomachic; Carminative; Stimulant; Astringe Discharge|Acrid; Warm|SP; KI|As Soup: 3-9g|Xu diarrhoea~chronic|SJM-SP-ST DysFx; diarrhoea~chronic; Flatus; dyspepsia; anorexia; polyuria; KI Yang Xu w impotence; ejaculation~premature; urination~frequent; profuse urination; urinary incontinence; diarrhoea; Sialorrhoea; Cold; pain in abdomen||(1) w Tusizi, Rz Dioscereae, Wuyao etc in KI Xu w spermatorrhoea, emission~semen, enuresis, urination~frequent, cloudy urine etc; (2) w Dangshen, Baizhu, Ganjiang, Sharen etc in SP Yang Xu w abdomen~Cold; colic, emesis, diarrhoea, anorexia/sialorrhoea| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YIN|Guiban; Guibanjia?”Âb (‹T”Âb); Guijia ?b (êb);; (See: Cuguijia)|Carapax+Plastrum Testudinis|Tortise Shell|(1) Build Yin; Calm Yang; Ease Spasm: Yin Xu w Xu Fire Shi w fever~hectic, sweat~night, emission~night, vertigo & tinnitus, Yin Xu w Wind Shi w convulsion; (2) Aid KI; Build KI; Build KI Yin; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: LV Xu & KI Xu w flaccidity of waist & lower limbs, weakness of Bone & Sinew, delayed ability of standing & walking, delayed growth of teeth & delayed closure of fontanel in infants; (3) Uterus~Tonic; Emmenagogue; Haemostat; Arrest metrorrhagia/metrostaxis; Rectify Menstruation; Haemostat~metrorrhagia: Yin Xu w Xue Heat w metrorrhagia, menorrhagia & leukorrhagia; (4) Also: Calm Yang; Build Xue; Build HT; Strengthen Channels; Antiarteriosclerotic; Anticancer; Immunostimulant; Bacteriostatic~B tuberculosis hominis; Antihypoxia (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); Boost Metabolism; Hypolipaemic; Calming; Sexual Hormone Agonist|Salty; Sour; Sweet; Cool|LV; KI; HT|As Soup: 9-30g; Build Yin; boil before other Hbs are thrown in; Calcined Hb is used in pills/powder||KI DysFx|CI: pregnancy|(1) w Huangbai, Zhimu, Shudihuang etc in Yin Xu w Fire Shi w fever~hectic, consumptive fever & sweat~night; w Tianmendong, Xuanshen, Longgu, Muli etc in Yin Xu & Yang Shi w vertigo & Eyesight~blurred; w Baishao, Maimendong, Rx Rehmanniae etc in fever w Yin Xu Heat w muscle spasm & contracture of hand & foot; (2) w Hugu, Shudihuang, Baishao etc in KI Yin Xu w lassitude of lowback & feet, muscle+bone stiffness, infantile metopism etc; oxytocic effect in uterus~atony/delayed parturition/dystocia; Boost growth/bone & cartilage in babies; (3) w Baishao, Huangbai, Chunpi, Xiangfu etc in Yin Xu & Xue Heat w menorrhagia, metrorrhagia/metrostaxis, leukorrhoea etc| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|EXPEL WIND+EXPEL DAMP|Shinanteng|?? Fm/Caulis Photiniae; ?? Rml Wallichii/Puberulii |?? Chinese Photinia Fm/Stem|(1) Expel Wind; Free Channels; Move Qi+Quicken Xue; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Ease Pain: arthralgia of Wind Cold Damp type, weakness & soreness of waist & lower limbs, esp in Xu Cold; also for trauma; (2) Quicken Xue; Move HT Xue~Antianginal; increase myocardial trophic blood volume, Boost collateral circulation of HT~CHD/ischemic myocardium; Boost hypoxic tolerance in HT muscle; Vascular Tonic; Vasodilator~cerebral: angina pectoris, cerebral thrombosis & embolism; (3) Aid GB; Aid ST; Anticolic: GB/biliary colic & ST~pain/ache; Ease Pain; Spasmolytic~SI-LI spasm|Fragrant; Acrid; warm|LV; SP; HT|As Soup: 3-9g; Ampoule (2 ml containing 8g of crude Hb): 2 ml IM uid/bid/4-8 ml added in 500 ml 10% glucose IV drip||||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|EXPEL WIND+EXPEL DAMP; BUILD BONE|Gouji; Jingouji ??‹çÒ|Rz Cibotii|Chain Fern Rz; East Asian Tree Fern Rz; Cibot Rz, Cibotium Rz,|Tonic* esp for older men; Strengthen spine; Build LV+Build KI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Expel Wind+Expel Damp; Antiarthralgic: LV Xu+KI Xu w rheumatism~chronic, backache, flaccidity & immovability of lower limbs, urination~frequent, enuresis/leukorrhagia; Build Yang; Expel Wind+Expel Damp; Secure KI; Build LV; Build KI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; best for KI Xu w back pain; Build spine; Build geriatric male; Antirheumatic; LV Xu; KI Xu|sweet; bitter; Warm|LV; KI|As Soup: 10-15g|Yang Xu|muscle weakness; tendon weakness; back~pain/knee~pain (muscles & RA); lumbago; spine~weakness; muscle & tendon weakness; male~geriatric DysFx||w Achyranthes & Rehmannia in muscle & tendon weakness| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|EXPEL WIND+EXPEL DAMP; BUILD BONE|Qiannianjian|Rz Homalomenae|Obscured Homalomena Rz||||||||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|EXPEL WIND+EXPEL DAMP; BUILD BONE|Sangjisheng**; Jisheng Šñ¶|Hb Taxilli/Loranthi/Visci|Chinese Taxillus/Loranthus/Viscus Twig, Mulberry Mistletoe Fm+Rml|Antimicrobial; Antivirus; Diuretic; Hypotensor; Vasodilator~Peripheral; Backache; stiff joints; arthritis; Build Xue; Build Yin; Build KI Yin; Build KI*; Build KI Qi; Build LV; Build LV Qi; Build LV Yin; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Hypotensor; Calm Foetus esp w Yin Xu; Prevent Miscarriage; Expel Wind+Expel Damp (Expel Wind Damp); Expel Cold; Antirheumatic; (1) Expel Wind+Expel Damp; Build LV; Build KI: rheumatism w LV Xu & KI Xu w back weak & knees weak & limbs flaccid; (2) Build Xue; Calm Foetus: abortion~threatened in LV Xu & KI Xu; (3) Hypotensor: Hypertension esp in LV Xu+KI Xu; also angina pectoris & arrhythmia; (1) Hypotensor in anaesthetized dogs & cats by ST infusion in a dose of 0.4-0.5g/kg; (2) Vasodilator~HT~arteries; Reduce HT rate; (3) Counteract caffeine stimulation; (4) LD50 is 11.24g/kg intraperitoneally|Bitter-sweet; Mild- Neutral|KI; LV|As Soup: 10-30g; Instant granules: Half package (equivalent to 20g of crude Hbs) bid; Ampoule (5 ml containing 10g of crude Hbs): 10 ml added in 50% glucose 20 ml IV uid|Yin Xu|KI DysFx; LV DysFx; back~pain/limb~pain; rheumatism, arthritis, RA; osteoporosis; menopause; Xue Xu; HT DysFx; hypertension; menorralgia; abortion~threatened; Backache; stiff joints; arthritis||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|EXPEL WIND+EXPEL DAMP; BUILD BONE|Wujiapi; Wujia ŒÜ‰Á; Nanwujiapi “ìŒÜ‰Á”ç; Wujianan (ŒÜ‰Á“ì); (Southern Wujiapi); Wujiapichuan ŒÜ‰Á”çì; (See: Wujiashen; Ciwujia)|Cx-Rx Acanthopanacis|Acanthopanax Cx-Rx, Siberian Ginseng Cx; Slenderstyle Acanthopanax Cx|Adaptogen/Antistress; Antioxidant/Antiageing; Protect against heavy metal toxicity (Cu, Cd); Antioxidant effect: Hypericum > Wujiapi > Rhodiola > Yimucao > Aralia mandshurica > Valeriana > Echinopanax > Wuweizi > Renshen; Immunsuppressant; Boost Phagocytosis; Antiinflammation; Antiulcer; Boost Metabolism; Sexual Hormone Agonist; (1) Expel Wind+Expel Damp (Expel Wind+Expel Damp); Drain Damp; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; (2) Antirheumatic; Boost Sexual; General Vitality; (3) Also: Expel Cold Damp Bi; Build LV; Build KI; Diuretic; Antioedema; Reduce Swelling; Speed pediatric development/walking; (1) Expel Wind; Expel Damp; Build LV; Build KI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: arthralgia in Wind Cold Damp, limbs flaccid in rheumatism~chronic w LV Xu; KI Xu/under-development in children; (2) Diuretic~Expel Damp: oedema, ascites; wet beriberi; (1) Inhibit development of arthritis; allergic inflammation; (2) Reduce capillary permeability; (3) Antifever; Ease Pain|Fragrant; Acrid; spicy; bitter; Warm|KI; LV|As Soup/liquor infusion: 4.5-15g/d; Soak Rx in wine; drink; excellent drink for geriatric patients w RA|Wind Cold Damp Bi; KI Jing Xu|KI DysFx; Cold Damp Bi w pain; rheumatic disease; rheumatism; RA; somasthenia; osteoporosis; oedema; weakness in joints; Muscle; KI Jing Xu w delayed pediatric development/walking; dysuria; oedema; swelling; oliguria; lowback pain; arthragia; walking difficulty|CI: Yin Xu esp w Heat/Fire Shi; “northern Wujiapi” is HT stimulant which is HT-TOXIC; Hb gatherers usually use Gangliupi (Sclepiadaceae family) as “northern Wujiapi.” Most Hb stores use northern Wujiapi in making Wujiapi wine, whose prolonged use may kill. TOXIC reactions of “northern Wujiapi” wine include blindness, numbness in limbs, vertigo,; headache; prolonged use may kill|(1) Wind Damp w numbness; pains, muscle constructure of limbs, lassitude in lowback; knees, retarded walking in children, general weakness; fatigue, oedema; beriberi; (2) Wujiapi strong liquor is Antirheumatic; Boost sexual vitality; Boost general vitality|; >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|MOVE XUE STASIS~RECTIFY MENSTRUATION|Niuxi**; Huainiuxi ŸÌ‹•G (œå‹•G); Tuniuxi; Fainiuxi ŸÌ‹•G; (See: Chuanniuxi)|Rx Achyranthis|Twotooth Achyranthes Rx|(1) Move Xue Stasis; Emmenagogue; (2) Relax Sinew/Tendon & Muscle in arthralgia; (3) Downbear Xue; (4) Diuretic~Ease Stranguria; (5) Also: Expel Damp; Free Channels; Envoy~Downbear; Build KI; Build LV; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Strengthen legs; Hypotensor*; Heal Bruises; Drain Sepsis; Antiarthritis; Antiinflammation; Ease Pain; Boost Metabolism; Uterus~Tonic; Contraceptive/Abortifacient; (1) Move Xue Stasis; Free Channels & oxytocic: dystocia, placenta~retention; Xue Stasis w amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, postpartum lochiostasis, abdomen~pain, headache, chest pain/trauma; (2) Ease joint; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: backache, pain & difficulty in movement of knees, limbs flaccid; (3) Induce Qi downward: LV Yang Shi w headache, Xu Fire Upflaring w aphthae, toothache, haematemesis, epistaxis & haemoptysis; (4) Diuretic~Ease Stranguria: Stranguria w KI/BL~uroliths, Stranguria w Heat & oedema; (1) Inhibit progress of arthritis; Antiinflammation; Anticancer; (2) Soup/infusion contract gravid/non-gravid uterus; (3) Soup is transient Hypotensor; Diuretic|bitter; sour; Neutral Bitter; Sour; Mild|LV; KI|As Soup: 4.5- 12g/up to 30g; Niuxi: Build LV & Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Chuanniuxi: Quicken Xue, Emmenagogue; Relax Muscle+Tendon in arthralgia|Xue Stasis|Anemorrhoea; menstrual cycle retarded; menstrual irregularity; arthralgia; dysmenorrhoea; abdomen~masses; Dystocia; placenta~retention; aching pain of lowback & knee joints & arthralgia of lower limbs; pain & swelling of gum, haematemesis, haemoptysis, epistaxis; hypertension; headache in spasm of cerebral blood vessels; stranguria; haematuria|CI: pregnancy; nocturnal emission, menorrhagia & SJM (SP-ST) Qi Collapse; Niuxi is better to Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Chuanniuxi is better to Move Xue Stasis|(1) w Danggui, Taoren, Chishao, Mudanpi etc in amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, retarded menstrual cycle, abdomen~masses, Dystocia etc in Xue Stasis; w Fr Malvae Verticilltae in placenta~retention; (2) Niuxi in Wind Damp w lowback pain/ ache & knee pain/ ache & lower limb~arthralgia; w Rz Atractylodis, Huangbai in Damp Heat; w Duhuo, Fr Chaenomelis etc in Cold Patterns; w Cx Eucommiae, Xuduan etc in KI Xu; (3) Niuxi in pain & swelling of gum, haematemesis, haemoptysis, epistaxis etc; w Build Yin+Purge Fire Hbs like Shudihuang, Maimendong, Shigao, Zhimu etc in Yin Xu Fire Shi; w Daizheshi, Longgu, Muli, Xuanshen in hypertension in LV Yang Shi & headache in spasm of cerebral blood vessels; (4) w Qumai, Huashi, Ma Tetrapanacis etc in stranguria & haematuria in Heat| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|MOVE XUE STASIS~VULNERARY|Gusuibu**; Maojiang –Ñ›I; (See: Buguzhi)|Rz Drynariae|Drynaria Rz, Fortune’s Drynaria Rz|(1) Build LV; Build KI; Build KI Yang; Build KI Jing/Marrow; Quicken Xue; Move Xue Stasis; Break Xue; Expel Wind+Expel Damp; Expel Wind Heat w pain; (2) Vulnerary in trauma & fracture; Heal Burns; Ease Pain; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Clear Toxin from Bone; (3) Expel Sepsis; Clear Toxin~kanamycin & streptomycin; (4) Hypocholesterolaemic; Hypolipaemic; Antiarteriosclerotic; (5) Harden gums; Haemostat~esp gums (Guard Gums); Antiinflammation; (6) Also: Build Yang; Expel Wind+Expel Damp; Antimicrobial; Vermicide; |Bitter; Warm|LV; KI|As Soup: 10-15g| |||(1) LV Xu+KI Xu/Xue Stasis w rheumatism & weakness of back & knees; KI Xu w lowback pain, diarrhoea~chronic, toothache, vertigo, tinnitus; Wind Damp Bi w lowback pain & movable impediment, foot wilting~biltateral, weakness, pain, toothache, tinnitus, arthritis, arthralgia, etc; KI Yang Xu w Xu Fire Upflaming; Xue Stasis w trauma & falls, bone trauma; appendicitis & corns; wind stroke, crane knee & cramping qi, Wind Xue ache/pain, Five Taxations & Six Extremes; mouth & hand not restrained, SJU Heat w SJL Cold (Heat Above & Cold Below); diarrhea, strangury, emission~semen & anal desertion; (2) used in Die Da ( " hit & fall”=traumatology) medicine for fractures during martial arts; w Gouji & Xuduan to heal fractures/bone trauma & sinew trauma; Gubuzhi is used for this purpose also; Topical fresh Hb in fracture, trauma & burns, tinea infection; wine-fried in baldness; (3) sepsis, flesh~necrotic; sores malignant; streptomycin & kanamycin toxicity w tinnitus/deafness~cochlear toxicity & headache; (4) arteriosclerosis w deposits in vessels; (5) Alone as Topical in gingivitis w toothache, gum~pain & gum~bleeding, teeth loose w weight loss, lowback weakness, fatigue (stir-fry 50g Gusuibu until black; grind to powder & use as Topical to gums several times in 1 week & teeth will set well & not move again);| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|MOVE XUE STASIS~VULNERARY|Zirantong|Pyritum|Pyrite; Iron Sulphide; From Iron Pyrites Boiled In Neutral/Alkaline Solution|Move Stasis; Move Xue Stasis; Ease Pain; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Move Xue Stasis; Ease Pain; heal fracture: trauma w bruise, swelling; pain; fracture|acrid; bitter; Mild|LV; KI|As Pill/powder: 0.3-0.5g bid||Move Stasis||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|WARM INTERIOR|Ganjiang; Jiang ›I (åG); (See: Shengjiang; Heiganjiang; Paojiang)|Rz Zingiberis Officinalis|Dried Ginger|(1) Release Surface; Make Sweat; Rubefacient; Warm Interior; Expel Cold from Interior; Expel Cold; Expel Damp; Expel Wind+Expel Cold from Channels; Free Jingluo; Clear Phlegm; Ease Pain; Antiarthralgic in Wind Damp; (2) Expel Cold; Expel SJM-SP-ST Cold; Warm SJM-SP-ST Warm SP Yang; Build SP Yang; Harmonise SJM-SP-ST; Build SP T & T; Stomachic; Carminative; Downbear Rising SJM-SP-ST Qi; Antiulcer; Antiemesis: Xu Cold of SJM-SP-ST w Cold pain in lower abdomen; diarrhoea in Cold, emesis, w Baizhu; (3) Antishock; Anticollapse; Stimulant; Build Yang; Return Yang; Return Depleted Yang; Revive Exhausted Yang; Free Channels: Yang Exhaustion but less effective than Rx Aconiti Prep; (4) Warm LU; Clear Phlegm esp Tan Yin Type; Downbear Rising LU Qi; Ease Cough in cough w sputum~profuse; (5) Build HT; Build HT Yang; Calm Shen; Haemostat; Move Xue Stasis; Vascular Tonic; Antihypoxia (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); Anticoagulant/Antithrombus; Antiplatelet- Aggregation; (6) Also: A6ntiinflammatory; Antifever; Antimicrobial; Antischistosomal; Build Expel fluid Retention from interior; GB~Cholagogue; Ease Spasm; Ease Pain; Topical: sprains|Aromatic; Acrid; Warm-hot*; safe|SJM-SP-ST; LU; KI; HT|As Soup: 3-10g; Warm LU; Expectorant: Phlegm Retention w LU Cold w cough & sputum~thin, w Xixin & Wuweizi|(1) SJM-SP-ST Xu w Cold Stasis w Cold feeling, epigastric pain, Colic, emesis, Cold limbs & faint pulse, dyspnoea & cough w sputum copious & frothy; (2) ST Cold w emesis & Cold pain in abdomen; (3) Yang Xu Patterns (Cold of limbs in Yang Xu & Pulse~barely palpable in HT+KI Yang Xu & Yin Shi Cold in interior); (4) Asthma & Cough in Fluid Retention of Cold Type, Cold Body & Back & Copious Watery Phlegm; (5) depleted Yang in ST Xu Cold & threatened exhaustion of Yang Yuanqi; also: Cold Patterns (Channels Cold, Cold Interior; Limbs~cold; Abdomen/Epigastric Cold pain; Body & Back Cold, hands & feet Cold; SJM-SP-ST Cold; ST Xu Cold w colic, dyspepsia, nausea, flatus, borborygmus, emesis, diarrhoea, dysentery; HT+KI Yang Xu & Yin Shi Cold in interior w Pulse~barely palpable; LU Cold, Asthma & Cough in Cold w Phlegm~Copious Watery, sputum profuse w Fluid Retention; SP Xu, SP Yang Xu, SP Cold, SP Xu Cold, ST Xu; HT Xu/HT Yang Xu w Shen disturbed, chest Tightness, blood flow~poor; Yang Xu, Yang Xu (weakness, exhaustion, collapse, epistaxis, metrorrhagia/metrostaxis, Pulse~weak); Wind/Wind Damp, Channel Bi (Jing Luo Blocked), pain, arthralgia in Wind Damp; Damp & Phlegm; fluid Retention in interior; Food Toxicity; bleeding, spitting blood; Sweat~absent; sprains|HT DysFx; SJM-SP-ST DysFx; flatus; dyspepsia; Vertigo; dyspepsia; colic; nausea; emesis Cold hands & feet; weak pulse; cough w sputum~profuse; Topical: sprains|Caution in pregnancy|(1) w Gaoliangjiang, i.e. Er Jiang Wan in SJM-SP-ST Xu w Cold Stasis & Cold pain in abdomen, emesis & diarrhoea; (2) w Dangshen, Baizhu etc. i.e. Lizhong Wan in ST Cold & Cold pain in abdomen; (3) w Fuzi (mutual enforcement), i.e. Sini Tang in Yang Xu Patterns; (4) w Xixin, Wuweizi, Mahuang etc, i.e. Xiao Qinglong Tang in Asthma & Cough in Cold w Fluid Retention, Cold Body & Back & Copious Watery Phlegm; (5) w Fuzi to recover depleted Yang in ST Xu Cold & threatened exhaustion of Yang Yuanqi; “Fuzi is not hot wo Ganjiang”| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|WARM INTERIOR|Rougui; Rouguipiguang “÷Œj”çœA; Rouguixi “÷Œj¼; Guipiguang Œj”çœA; Guangui Š¯Œj; Qinghuagui ´‰ÔŒj; (See: Guizhi; Rouguiyou)|Cx Cinnamomi|Cinnamon/Cassia Cx, Saigon/Japanese Cinnamon Cassia Inner Cx, Quilled Cinnamon Cx, Loureiru Twig??|(1) Warm SP; Build SP Yang; Build KI Yang: KI Yang Xu w soreness & Coldness of loins & legs, impotence, emission, enuresis/urination~frequent, dysufla & oedema; inspirating failure in KI Xu w dyspnoea; SP Yang Xu+KI Yang Xu w Cold pain of abdomen, appetite~poor, faeces~loose/diarrhoea; Xu Fire Blazing w toothache; (2) Expel Cold; Ease Pain: lumbago in Cold Damp, colic in Cold, dysmenorrhoea & precordial pain in Cold Stasis; (3) Move Qi-Xue: Qi-Xue Xu, w Huangqi, Dangshen, Danggui etc; volatile oil contains cinnamic aldehyde, cinnamic acid & cinnamyl acetate, Sialagogue & Digestive, Spasmolytic~smooth muscle; Antifever; Make Sweat; Diuretic; Expel Cold; Expel Wind; Warm Interior; Warm Channels; Warm LV Channel Cold; Calm Anger; Warm/Build SJM-SP-ST; Warm/Build SP Yang; Warm/Build KI; Warm/Build KI Yang; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Move Xue Stasis; Emmenagogue; Build LU Qi; Ease Spasm; Ease Pain esp in Cold w GIT pain, lumbago & RA; Antimicrobial; Antiulcer; HT Muscle~Antiischaemic; Antiplatelet-Aggregation; Boost Leucocytosis; Boost radiation tolerance; Relax Muscle+Tendon; Appetiser|Aromatic; Acrid; Sweet; Hot* Acrid; Sweet; Warm- hot~very; Rougui is thick Cx; Guizhi is from branches of Cinnamontree|KI; SP; HT; LV; LU; BL|As Soup: 1-3g, Prep as powder/thin pieces before decocting, only cooked for a short time; Powder/Pill: 1.0-1.5g As Soup: 1-4.5g; decoct after other Hbs; As Powder: 1-5g|(1) Boost Fire; Build Yang; (2) Expel Cold; Ease Pain; (3) Build Qi-Xue; (4) Also: Cold, Cold Interior; Channels Cold; LV Channel Cold; SJM-SP-ST Cold; KI Cold; Cold limbs; Phlegm Cold; SJM-SP-ST Xu; SP Yang Xu; ST Xu; KI Xu, KI Yang Xu; LU Qi Xu; Wind/Cold w chill & fever w/wo sweat; Xue Stasis; pain; back pain; headache; pain in ST-SI-LI; lumbago; muscle spasm; muscle weak & RA pain w Cold|anaemia; Anger, annoyed easily, irritable; back pain; chill & fever w/wo sweat; circulation~poor; Cold sensations; diarrhoea; headache; limbs Cold; lumbago; menstrual DysFx; muscle spasm; muscle weak; oliguria; pain; pain in ST-SI-LI; Phlegm; RA pain|Caution/CI: pregnancy; Not same as tender stalks (Guizhi) that are used as Make Sweat|(1) w Fuzi, Shudihuang, Shanyao, Shanzhuyu etc in KI Yang Xu w aversion to Cold, Cold limbs, flaccidity of lowback & feet, impotence, dysuria etc; w Ganjiang, Fuzi, S Myristicae, Fuling etc in colic & diarrhoea in SP Yang Xu & KI Yang Xu; (2) as powder alone/w other Hbs to Warm/Build SJM-SP-ST/Expel Cold in ST~pain, colic, hernia etc in Xu Cold Pattern; w Danggui, Ganjiang, Shudihuang etc in dysmenorrhoea in Cold of Xu-type. (3) small amount can be used; Build Qi-Xue in Qi-Xue Xu, as in Ginseng Nutrition Soup & Soup of Ten Powerful Tonics, are used in Qi-Xue Xu; Clear Toxin Powder; Activate Yang Soup, used in chronic sores & ulceration & Tongguan Pill, used in dysuria in Damp Heat in SJL| Best regards, Email: < WORK : Teagasc Research Management, Sandymount Ave., Dublin 4, Ireland Mobile: 353-; [in the Republic: 0] HOME : 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland Tel : 353-; [in the Republic: 0] WWW : http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/searchap.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Phil, hmmm, come again....i tried this, with no success...any other ideas? ann To turn the data below into an MS Word Table, copy & paste into MS Word and select Table, Convert, Text to Table, Other. Then use the vertical bar (|) as the field discriminator. The final choice of herbs will depend on the individual Pattern Dx, taking all S & Ss into account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Hello Phil, Can you please upload to the board the file in .doc in good format. Because the text below gives me a mess... Thanks in advance. Nico Karssemeijer Student TCM The Netherlands [] Monday, October 13, 2003 14:29 Chinese Medicine Re: Osteogenesis Imperfecta - TCM? Hi Holger > I am committed to have some insight into Osteogenesis Imperfecta > from a TCM point of view. ... I and one of my sons have this > diagnosis ... My comments [but only as a novice/student] are: 1. Possible genetic link suggests KI Yuanqi Xu 2. My gut reaction is that herbs that Build KI (esp those that Build Yuanqi), and Herbs that Build Bone/Sinew may help. There are many such herbs, including: Bajitian, Buguzhi, Ciwujia, Dongchongxiacao, Duzhong, Ganjiang, Gouji, Guiban, Gusuibu, Heshouwu, Hongrenshen, Huangqi, Hugu [banned, Lingzhi (Jap: Reishi), Lujiao [banned], Lujiaojiao [banned], Lujiaoshuang [banned], Lurong, Niuxi, Qiannianjian, Renshen, Roucongrong, Rougui, Sangjisheng, Shinanteng, Suoyang, Tusizi, Wenjing, Wujiapi, Xiangjiapi, Xianmao, Xuduan, Yinyanghuo, Yizhiren, Yunzhi, Zhiheshouwu, Zirantong. MOst of those are Build Qi / Build Yang herbs. See details from my notes, below. The details are unedited, with some duplication. I have not time to edit them now. To turn the data below into an MS Word Table, copy & paste into MS Word and select Table, Convert, Text to Table, Other. Then use the vertical bar (|) as the field discriminator. The final choice of herbs will depend on the individual Pattern Dx, taking all S & Ss into account. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|!MAIN HB CLASS|!Herb Pinyin Name (**=important Hb)|!Hb Pharma Name|!Hb Common Name|!TCM Actions|!Nature|!Channel|!Dose|!TCM Indication|!Clinical Indication|!Caution|!W other Hbs|!Comments >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|??|Ciwujia; Wujia ŒÜ‰Ã; (See: Renshen; See Wujiapi; Wujiashen) |Rx+Hb Acanthopanacis Senticosi [Wujiapi/Wujiashen, Eleutherococci Senticosi Rx=true Siberian Ginseng, but is not true Renshen]|Manyprickle Acanthopanax Rx, Devil’s Rx, Touch-Me-Not; Health Food Stores Incorrectly Call It Siberian Ginseng But It Is NOT A Ginseng; Shrub Is 1-3 M Tall (True Ginseng Is Herbaceous)|Tonic; Boost endurance & strength; Boost Stamina/Physical Strength/Performance; Expel Wind & Damp; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: rheumatism~chronic w limbs flaccid, infantile paralysis; (2) Build HT; Calm Shen w insomnia, dreaminess/adverse reaction at high attitude water. mind: HT Xu & HT~palpitation; & for seasickness/under low temperature & deep (3) Aid Qi: SP Xu w appetite~poor, faeces~loose & fatigue. leukocytopenia, HT~CHD; bronchitis~chronic, thromboangtis obliterans/as a subsidiary of Anticancer Hbs/X-ray therapy for tumor; (1) Improve tolerance to fatigue; (2) Boost body resistance against diseases; (3) Antiinflammation; (4) LD50 is 4.75g/kg; Build Qi*; Quicken Xue; Adaptogen*; Boost Stamina*/vitality; Antifatigue/Antiexhaustion effect like Renshen; Aid Mental performance; Boost memory/cognition/concentration in brain in circulation~poor; Boost Libido+Sexual Fx; Adaptogen (Antistress, Build adrenal); Immunostimulant; Boost megalocyte Fx; Boost chemotherapy tolerance; Boost radiation tolerance; Anticancer; Antileukaemia; Aid LU; Clear Toxin~environmental; Antivirus; HT- Protector; Rectify circulation; Vascular Tonic; Hypertensor; Antihypoxia (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); Boost Metabolism; HT Muscle~Antiischaemic; Calming; Hypotensor; Vasodilator~Peripheral Antirheumatic|Aromatic; Acrid; Bitter~mildly; Warm|LU; SP; KI|As Soup: 6-30g. In tablets/capsules: 3g of dry Rx/dose; take for 3-6 months consecutively in chronic DysFx||Debility; weakness; fatigue; cancer; Neurasthenia; depression; nervous breakdown; LU/respiratory DysFx; Bronchitis~chronic; HT DysFx; neurovascular DysFx; hypotension; circulation~poor; stress; Senility~premature; sexual Fx low; Immunodeficiency; prevent LU/respiratory infections; prevent viral infections; nausea/anaemia/low WBCC after chemotherapy/radiotherapy; rheumatism|CI: hypertension; Yin Xu esp w Fire Shi; to Prevent habituation, use for not >60 consecutive d, followed by 2-3 weeks of abstinence before using it again; Rare cases of insomnia; Note: Ciwujia is NOT a ginseng plant; it is closer to Wujiapi than to true Renshen|| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|??|Hugu [banned; dog & pig bone may be used instead]|{HYPERLINK " i007.htm " }Os Tigris, Os ??Tigridis|Tiger Bone|Expel Wind+Expel Damp; Antiarthritis; Ease Pain esp Wandering Bi; Build KI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Reduce capillary permeability |Acrid; Sweet; Warm|LV; KI|As Soup: 10-15g/100-250g of Dog Bone/Pig Bone|Wandering Bi; LV Xu Cold+KI Xu Cold w rheumatism & flaccidity of back & lower limbs; preparation of wine & injection in RA & arthritis|KI DysFx||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|??|Wenjing; Wenjinti; Wenjingcao ??‘Â; Wenjing ??; (See: Muzei)|Hb Equiseti Arvensis|Horsetail, Bottle Brush Hb|Antiarteriosclerotic; Diuretic; Calming; Hypolipaemic; Hypotensor; LV-Protector; Diuretic; Aid KI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Build Cartilage; prevent osteoporosis onset; Topical: Vulnerary to clean wounds; Heal Wounds|||||KI DysFx; UTI; genital infections; arthritis; bleeding; ulcers; tuberculosis. Wounds; osteoporosis; urinary incontinence; enuresis; brittle nails|safe if correct species used at correct dose; Avoid Equisetum palustre - TOXIC for livestock; high in selenium; Se Toxicity may cause birth defects; CI: pregnancy/Immunodeficiency|| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|??|Yunzhi, ??Yuanzhi; (See: Zhuling; Yiner)|Tremella; {HYPERLINK " q017.htm " }Polystictinum|Silver Ear/White Jerry Leaf; Popular Mushroom In Chinese Cuisine|Clear LU Heat; Ease Cough in tracheitis~chronic; asthma, dry; Anticancer; Immunostimulant; synergistic w mitomycin C; glucuronoxylomannan; Boost insulin secretion; Aid Pancreas b-cells; Antidiabetes; Boost LV glucose absorption; lower LV glucose release by increasing hexokinase activity; Hypoglycaemic; reduce glucose-6-phosphatase; LV-Protector: Boost LV protein metabolism; nucleic acid; Boost radiation tolerance; LV-Protector; Antiarteriosclerosis; Hypocholesterolaemic; Lower cholesterol absorption from SI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Prevent osteoporosis; Boost calcium absorption; Aid Skin; Immunostimulant; Ease Pain; Calm Asthma; Anticancer; Antivirus; AntiHIV/AIDS; Antiulcer; Antiinflammation; Calming; Hypolipaemic; (1) Build SP; Expel Damp: SP Xu w anorexia; faeces~loose; LV~hepatitis, LV~cirrhosis, nephritis, rheumatoid artbritis etc; (2) Ease Cough; Antidyspnoea (3) Anticancer: leukaemia, lymphoma, early stage of LV cancer; cancers of ST, mammary; cervix; (1) polysaccharide Boost macrophages; phagocytosis; Boost rates of lymphocyte- blastogenesis; rosette forming; (2) Boost chemotherapy tolerance~Immunostimulant in Immunosuppression due to cyclophosphamide, 5- Fu/cortisone; (3) Anticancer~Inhibit DNA; RNA synthesis in tumor cells; Boost chemotherapy tolerance~counter side effects; Boost radiation tolerance~counter side effects|Sweet; Bland; Cool|SP; LU; LV|Instant granules: 1 package tid; Ampoule (containing 40mg of polysaccharide): 1 ampoule IM bid, 4 weeks/course, another course may be continued after an interval of 2 weeks;/3-4 ampoules added in 10% glucose solution 300 ml IV for drips/d for 10d; then continue for 10d after an interval of 1-2 weeks||||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|AID WATER/DRAIN DAMP~REDUCE SWELLING|Xiangjiapi; Gangliupi; Beiwujia; (See: Wujiapi)|Cx-Rx Periplocae; (See: Wujiapi)|Chinese Silkvine Cx-Rx; Periploca Cx-Rx, Northern Wujiapi Is NOT Cx-Rx Acanthopanacis Gracilistyli|Anticancer; Cholinergic; Antimicrobial; Antiinflammation; Boost radiation tolerance; CNS Tonic; Build HT; Expel Wind+Expel Cold; Expel Damp; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Antirheumatic; Ease Pain; Build HT; Danger-see Wujiapi|Acrid bitter Warm; TOXIC|LV; KI; HT|3-6g; Danger-see Wujiapi|Wind Cold Damp Bi|Wind Cold Damp Bi; rheumatic arthritis; knee~pain; lowback~pain; HT failure; HT~palpitation, panting; oedema esp lower limbs; Danger-see Wujiapi|Prolonged overdose may be TOXIC; “northern Wujiapi†is HT stimulant which is HT~TOXIC; Hb gatherers usually use Gangliupi (Sclepiadaceae family) as “northern Wujiapi.†Most Hb stores use northern Wujiapi in making Wujiapi wine, whose prolonged use may kill. TOXIC reactions of “northern Wujiapi†wine include blindness, numbness in limbs, vertigo,; headache; prolonged use may kill; Caution in Yin Xu; excessive Heat|| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD QI|Hongrenshen; Hongshen ?ŽQ; (See: Renshen)|Rx Ginseng Rubrum|Red Ginseng Rx (Whole Rx)|Adaptogen/Antistress in physical/mental stress; Antioxidant/Antiageing; Build Qi* in Qi Xu; Restore Pulse*; Build Yuanqi*; Rectify Nourishing system (?Ying); Rectify LU Qi; Build Fluids; Calm Shen; Hypotensor in hypertension; Hypertensor in hypotension; Build LU Qi; Build SP Qi; Build Fluids|Warm; sweet; bitter~slight; ginsenoside is mostly from Cx; not from pith|SP; LU; [HT]||Qi Xu|Stress; shock; Extreme Xu~near death; Cold limbs w vanishing pulse; Nourish-lacking; malNourishment; emaciation in Xu; LU Xu w cough & asthma; Yang Collapse; Qi Xu~severe; Immunosuppression, cancer, tissue healing~poor; Hypertension; blood clots; Addiction; alcohol/morphine withdrawal/hangover/dehydration/Toxicity; CNS responses hyperactive/sluggish/unstable; Brain/cerebral/mental Fxs sluggish/disorientated, Anxiety; Amnesia, amnesia; sex hormonal DysFx (male/female); libido~low; Circulation~poor; Appetite loss; diarrhoea; Fluids dried up; diabetes; vitality/physical endurance~low, energy low; fatigue~chronic, exhaustion, tiredness; general weakness/weakness after illness; Muscle weakness, neurasthenia; ageing~premature; senility|Renshen (esp red Ginseng) is Warm & can create Heat problems if used wrongly/in susceptible subjects; (Xiyangshen Build Qi less strongly than Renshen + Build Yin esp LU Yin; preferred in subjects w tendency to get too hot/hyper; Cool Hb); CI: Yang Shi; Avoid w caffeine; Caution: Pregnancy; high doses in pregnancy can cause masculinise babies due to overstimulation of male sex hormones; use for short periods only; Caution in lactation; May cause insomnia, hypertension, itch, HT~palpitation Caution in hypertension, acute illness, pre-menopausal women w unstable hormones, controlled diabetics; Natural saponins usually are TOXIC** but Ginseng saponin Toxicity is relatively mild. Oral dose of 100ml 3% ginseng tincture may cause anxiety & hyperstimulation; 200ml may cause allergic reactions of rash, itch, vertigo, headache, fever & bleeding; 500ml may kill. Ginseng eleutherosides are related to digitalis glycosides, like digoxin & may have an additive effect w digoxin. Concurrent use of digitalis glycosides & Renshen may increase serum digoxin & possible digitalis glycoside Toxicity. CI: Yang Shi/Heat??; common side effects include: Emotional: headache, insomnia, anxiety; Circulatory: face pallor, purple lips, spastic limbs, hypertension, rapid respiration, even exhaustion & death; hiccups, skin~itch|Renshen Bai Du San, Xiao Chaihu Tang, Banxia Xie Xin Tang, Duhuo Ji Sheng Tang, Li Zhong Wan, Wu Zhu Yu Tang, Si Jun Zi Tang, Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang, Shi Quan Da Bu Tang, Gui Pi Tang, Sheng Mai San, Ju Pi Zhu Ru Tang, Wen Jing Tang, Tian Wan Bu Xin Dan|Better quality ginseng Rx are sold in Rx form; Lower quality Rx are sold as Powder, capsules & extract; As best ginseng is very costly, adulteration/substitution w cheaper products is usual in packaged ginseng products; Some manufactured “ginseng†products contain Mandragora officinarum (mandrake, a TOXIC narcotic) w hyoscine bromide, rauwolfia alkaloids w hypertensor Hb reserpine, cola w caffeine, phenylbutazone (a carcinogen) & aminopyrine; An independent test commissioned by health food trade journal “Whole Foods†found that 60% of ginseng products are worthless because they contained too little of Hb to have any biological effect; 25% contained no ginseng at all >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD QI|Huangqi**; Huangzhi; Beiqi; Shenhuangqi|Rx Astragali/Hedysari|Astragalus Rx; Yellow Milk-Vetch Root, Hystagalus, Membranous Milkvetch Rx/Mongolian Milkvetch Rx|Immunostimulant; CNS Tonic in sleepiness; Antidiarrhea; Appetiiser; Boost Weiqi; Anti-HIV/AIDS; (1) Build Qi*; Build Yang esp of SJM-SP-ST-HT-KI; Build SP; Strengthen/Nourish body; Boost vitality; Antifatigue; Boost physical endurance & encourage body Fx; Build Muscle; Adaptogen/Antistress; Upbear Yang; Upbear Yang Qi; Upbear SP Yang; Upbear Sinking SJM-SP-ST Qi; Antiulcer~ST; (2) Build Qi*; Build Weiqi; Consolidate Weiqi/Surface; Build Yuanqi; Guard Surface; Stop Sweat esp in Xu & Weiqi Xu; Immunomodulator esp Immunostimulant; (3) Regenerate Tissue; Vulnerary; Aid Skin; Ease skin infection; Heal skin ulcer; Drain Sepsis; Expel Sepsis; Clear Toxin; (4) Build Qi*; Produce Fluid; Build Fluid; Ease Thirst; KI-Protector; Diuretic; Antioedema; Build HT; Build HT Qi; Vasodilator~HT~arteries & capillaries; Hypotensor; Antidiabetes; Hypoglycaemic; Boost Metabolism; Aid Metabolism; LV- Protector; Aid LU/respiration; Build LU Qi; Calm Asthma; (5) Also: Immunostimulant (cellular & humoral); Boost leukocytosis; Boost Phagocytosis; Boost lymphocyte- blastogenesis; Boost Lymphoblast Transformation; Boost Antibody Production; Boost Immunglobulins; Boost Interferon Production; Antivirus; Antiinflammation; Aid Elimination|sweet~mildly; Warm~mildly; has almost no smell|LU; SP|6-10g/d; As Soup: 9-15g w water; up to 30-60g/d; Injection: 100% Astragali ampoule 2 ml IM bid/for point injection|Qi Xu w weakness; fatigue stamina~poor; Frequent Colds; Sweat~Spontaneous; Yang Qi Xu; SP Yang Xu; ST Yang Xu; HT Yang Xu & KI Yang Xu; numbness of limbs; Qi-Xue Xu; HT Xu; SP Xu; Sinking SJM-SP-ST Qi; Weiqi Xu/Surface weak; Heat~Internal; Qi Xu; Xue Stasis; Xu w oedema|HT DysFx; LU DysFx; SJM-SP-ST DysFx; CVA sequel~morbidity; sweat; oedema; diabetes; nephritis; proteinuria; Immunosuppression; sweat; sweat~night; appetite~poor, faeces~loose, fatigue & bleeding; vitality~low; collapse; rectum~prolapse, uterus~prolapse/ST~prolapse; LI~rectum/anus prolapse; common Cold in debilitated patient, Sweat~profuse; sweat~night; skin DysFx; KI~nephritis~chronic w albuminuria; leukocytopenia; diabetes w Heat~Internal; hemiplegia; ST~peptic ulcer/gastritis atrophic; oedema; Yin Xu w unruptured abscess, unhealed Carbuncle, skin erosion, unhealed wound, Eruptive diseases & skin infection; Wounds~slow healing; infertility; oedema; nephritis; sweat~profuse- menopause; face swelling; diabetes; skin~circulation poor|CI: excess Pattern, Yang Pattern & Yang Shi in Yin Xu; CI: acute infections; astragalus has many varieties; some TOXIC. CHM varieties are relatively safe but in rare cases may cause rash|In Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang, Shi Quan Da Bu Tang, Gui Pi Tang, Yu Ping Feng Sang; (1) Qi Xu w weakness, exhaustion & fatigue/w limb numbness & apoplectic sequelae; Huangqi+Danggui in Qi Xu+Xue Xu/Xue Stasis w skin DysFx etc; w Dangshen, Shengma & Chaihu in SJM-SP-ST Qi Sinking w visceral prolapse (LI~rectum~prolapse in chronic diarrhoea; ST~prolapse (ptosis); uterus prolapse etc; w Dangshen & Baizhu in SP Xu w Appetite~poor, faeces loose, fatigue & bleeding; w Danggui (Dangui Bu Xue Soup) in Qi Xu+Xue Xu; ST~peptic ulcer; ST~gastritis~atrophic; (2) w Baizhu in Xu & Weiqi Xu/Surface weak w common Cold, debilitation, sweat~profuse/sweat~spontaneous; (3) Qi-Xue Xu w dermatitis, skin infection; skin ulcer; skin erosion, non-draining Carbuncle/cellulitis; abscess~unruptured; also draining Carbuncle/cellulitis~indolent; unhealed wound, eruptive diseases & dermatitis, skin infection of Yin type; (4) HT Yang Xu & KI Yang Xu/SP Xu w oedema; limb oedema, dysuria, HT~palpitation & panting; Qi Xu & Xue Stasis w diabetes; hemiplegia; asthma & leukocytopenia; LU Qi Xu w asthma; (5) Honey-fried Huangqi is better as Vulnerary; Expel Sepsis; Regenerate Tissue & Build SP; Build Qi; Huangqi Slices are better as Stop Sweat, Diuretic & Build HT; Hypotensor; Hypoglycaemic; Quicken Xue (improve circulation) in flesh & skin|Huangqi is more commonly prescribed as Beiqi (northern Huangqi), said to be better but usually Hb stores do not differentiate them >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD QI|Lingzhi (Jap: Reishi); Lingzi; Lingzhi; Linzi|Ganoderma|Red Ganoderma, Lucid Ganoderma, Reishi Medical Fungus; Mushroom Of Immortality; Elixir Of Immortality|Immunostimulant; Anticancer~Tonic; Calm Shen; Boost Immunglobulins; Boost Lymphoblast Transformation; Boost Phagocytosis; Boost T-Lymphocyte Production; Ease Pain; Antiallergy/Antihistamine; Clear Phlegm; Calm Asthma; Anticancer; Anticholinergic; Anticonvulsant; Antimicrobial; HT~Antiarrhythmia; Antiplatelet-Aggregation; Anticoagulant/Antithrombus; Antihypoxia (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); Boost radiation tolerance; Ease Spasm; Boost Learning & Concentration; Calming; Move HT Xue (Boost HT Blood Flow); Build HT; Hypotensor; LV-Protector; Hypoglycaemic; Adaptogen* (Antistress*); Antioxidant*/Antiageing*; activate blood glutathione peroxidase; CNS Rectifier*; Tonic*~general to restore health esp in weakness/debility, convalescence after disease/postoperative; prevent illness; protect body-mind-spirit; " Mushroom of Spiritual Potency " ; Boost calmness, centeredness, peacefulness, balance, inner awareness, inner strength, memory, concentration, will power, wisdom & intelligence for radiant health, longevity & spiritual attainment; " Great Protector " (physical, mental, spiritual, Immunological); Boost body strength; (1) Rectify CNS* esp in neurasthenia; Calm Shen*~Build HT; Anxiolytic; Antidepression; Ease tension, Strengthen nerves; Aid Meditation*; Build Qi; Move Qi Stasis; Build Xue; Aid Sleep; Antianaemia: Shen disturbed*, restlessness, mental tension, anxiety, depression, nervousness, neurasthenia, concentration~poor; Qi Xu; Qi Stasis; Xue Xu; insomnia; HT Qi Xu/HT Xue Xu w insomnia, dreaminess, amnesia, dullness, fright & severe HT~palpitation; Prolonged use often allows withdrawal from allopathically prescribed psychoactive drugs; (2) Respiratory: Build LU; regenerate LU/bronchial/tracheal mucous membrane; Clear Phlegm~Ease Cough/Calm Asthma; Expectorant; Antidyspnoea; Antibronchitis: Xu w Phlegm/expectoration, bronchitis~chronic w cough & dyspnoea; tuberculosis; (3) Immune system: Boost Weiqi; Immunomodulator esp Immunostimulant; Boost Cold tolerance; Antiinflammation; Boost white blood cell & T-cell Fxs; Boost phagocytosis; Boost Immunoglobulins; Boost NKC & interferon- production; Boost T-cell transformation, macrophage production & phagocytosis, white blood cells; Boost IL-2, IL-6, TNF-a & production serum agglutination; Antivirus; Antibacterial; Anticancer; Cytotoxic/Induce cancer cell apoptosis; Boost radiation tolerance; Boost chemotherapy tolerance: cancer; counter side-effects of cancer radiotherapy/chemotherapy; leukocytotic; AntiHIV (Cytopathic effect, Inhibit HIV-1 PR enzyme); Antiallergic; Antihistamine; Inhibit histamine release: Weiqi Xu w Cold aversion; Immunomediated diseases esp Immunosuppression, inflammation, leukocytopenia; infections (viral; bacterial, fungal, candidiasis, parasitic); cancer & side effects of cancer therapy (radiotherapy, chemotherapy); HIV; allergy (dust, pollen etc); autoimmune diseases; myasthenia gravis; adverse effects of prolonged Antibiotic use; (4) Cardiovascular: Move Xue Stasis; HT-Protector; Move HT Xue~Boost HT circulation~HT~arteries; HT~Cardiotonic/Boost HT~myocardium contraction; Boost circulation; Antiplatelet-aggregation; Antithrombus; Anticoagulant; Antihypoxic; Aid oxygen use; Antiischaemic: HT~CHD; Vascular Tonic~HT; Vascular Tonic~general; Hypotensor~mild & prolonged (Inhibit angiotensin-1 converting enzyme); Hypolipaemic; Hypocholesterolaemic; Inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis; reduce HDL ( " bad " cholesterol): Xu w fatigue, insomnia, neurasthenia; Xue Stasis; thrombosis; Arteriosclerosis, HT-CHD; HT~arrhythmia, HT Xue Stasis, HT~arteries blocked; HT~angina pectoris, panting; Insomnia; hypoxia; ischaemia; circulation~poor; Hypertension; Hyperlipaemia; Hypercholesterolaemia; high HDL; (5) Endocrine system & metabolism: Boost RNA/protein metabolism; Boost protein & RNA synthesis; Rectify hormones; (6) Also: Build KI; Build Jing; Build Fluids; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: KI Xu; Jing Xu; senile diseases; amnesia & degenerative diseases; bone dysfx; structural (skeleton/muscle) development~poor; Clear Toxin; Build LV; LV-Protector; Reduce SGOT & SGPT; Build SP; Appetiser; Digestive: Hypoglycaemic; Antidiabetes; Adjust insulin sensitivity: Diabetes; Ease Pain: Toxin exposure LV Xu; indigestion: LV~hepatitis; LV~cirrhosis; Hyperglycaemia; diabetes; Adaptogen*; Build Qi; Boost body strength; Build body; Guard Surface; Build Weiqi; Tonic* in spiritual malaise; Build Mind/concentration; Digestive; Aid Sleep; Ease Cough; Antidyspnoea; Tonic* in LU Xu, wa-sting Patterns, chronic fatigue & AIDS; Immunostimulant*; Anticancer*; Reduce adverse effects of cancer therapy incl radiation, chemotherapy & surgery); Boost Hypoxic Tolerance; Antistress; Hypocholesterolaemic; Hypolipaemic; Hypotensor|Sweet/bland; Warm|HT; SP; LU; KI; LV|As Soup: 3-10g; Has ganoderic acids Reishi broken spores (3-10g/d) may be more potent than whole Hb||asthma, cough, tinnitus, deafness, tiredness/sorenessoflowerback & knees in ??; Cancer, (side effects of cancer therapy incl radiation, chemotherapy & surgery); high altitude stress; high cholesterol & hyperlipidemia; hypertension; chronic fatigue Pattern & AIDS; LU Xu; wa-sting Patterns; spiritual malaise; difficulty concentrating; poor digestion; insomnia & poor immune response|Very safe; no side effects at normal dose; can be taken daily for long periods to keep body slim & healthy wo side effect; high doses of crude powder may cause diarrhoea/faeces~loose, mouth dry, skin rash/slight digestive DysFx initially (extracts reduce this)||most highly rated multifunction Hb in TCM; PC-SPES extracts reduced cell growth of LNCaP cells by 72-80%, and cell viability decreased similarly. individual herbal extract suppressed cell growth as follows: Dendranthema morifolium (85% reduction) > Sanqi (81%) > Gancao (73%) > Donglingcao (71%) > Huangqin (66%) > Lingzhi (63%) > Daqingye (51%) > Juchizonglan (14%). Only Gancao, Huangqin and Juchizonglan lowered intracellular and secreted PSA, while the remaining herbs increased PSA expression. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD QI|Renshen; Renseng; Zhujierenshen ???? ÂlŽQ; (Dangshen = Substitute)|Rx Ginseng Rx Ginseng|Asian/Chinese/Korean Ginseng Rx Ginseng Rx; Chinese/Japanese Ginseng Root Steamed Until Red|(1) Build Yuanqi; (2) Build SP; Build LU; (3) Build Fluids; Ease Thirst; (4) Calm Shen; Build wisdom; (5) Also: Rectify blood pressure; Rectify blood sugar; boost sex hormone secretion; Build Xue; Build Qi (1) Build Qi; Restore Qi/Xue in Qi/Xue Collapse: Qi/Xue Collapse w listlessness, weak respiration & indistinct pulse; single use for exhaustion of Qi/Xue (Ginseng Soup); Yin Exhaustion, w Maimendong, Fr Schtsandrae (Restore Pulse Beat Powder); Yang Exhaustion, w Rx Aconiti Prep (Soup of Ginseng & Aconiti Prep). HT failure & shock; (2) Build SP Qi: SP Xu w appetite~poor, fatigue & emaciation, bleeding (haemorrhagic) diseases, prolapse of uterus & rectum, visceroptosis & anaemia; (3) Produce Fluid to quench thirst: Febrile Disease w Fluid Consumption; diabetes; (4) Build LU Qi: LU Qi Xu w panting, dyspnoea, cough, sweat~night; susceptibility to common Cold; (5) Build Weiqi: common Cold in Xu/debilitation, pyogenic dermatitis, skin infection & Carbuncle of Yin type; (6) Build Qi; Calm Shen: HT Qi Xu w HT~palpitation, amnesia, insomnia, amnesia, sweat~spontaneous, cardiodyriia etc; impotence, sterility, emission, ejaculatio praecox, enuresis etc; has many ginsenosides, such as ginsenoside R0, Ra, Rbl, Rb2, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf, Rgi, Rg2, Rg3 etc; (1) Rectify CNS incl excitation & inhibition processes; (2) Build HT; Hypertensive in acute circulatory failure after heavy bleeding; (3) Hypoglycaemic; (4) Boost phagocytosis & boost lymphocyte-blastogenesis rate; ??Clear Nebula/cataract; Build Qi* in Qi Xu; Restore Pulse*; Build Yuanqi*; Build Weiqi; Guard Surface; Build SP*; Build SP Qi*; Build Muscle; Build LU; Build LU Qi*; Rectify LU Qi; Rectify Ying (Nourishing system); Build Xue; Build Fluids; Clear Fire; Build HT; Build HT Qi; Calm Shen; Antiplatelet aggregation; Antithrombus; Anticoagulant; Vascular Tonic/Circulatory Tonic (small dose stimulates but large dose suppresses); Normalise vascular tone (Vasoconstrictor/Vasodilator); Vasodilator~Peripheral; Hypotensor in hypertension; Hypertensor in hypotension; improve oxygen use; HT Muscle~Antiischaemic; Antihypoxia (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); CNS Tonic (excite/Nourish/Stabilise CNS); Build Brain; Rectify CNS responses; Aid Mental stabililty; Boost memory (small dose); Boost Learning & Concentration; Boost Libido; Boost Libido in libido~low; Immunostimulant; Boost Antibody response/Production; Boost Lymphoblast Transformation; Boost Phagocytosis; Boost T-Lymphocyte Production; Anticancer; Adaptogen/Antistress**; Antifatigue/Antiexhaustion~profound effect in Xu w exhaustion; Strengthen/Build up body; Boost vitality, Boost physical endurance & encourage body Fx; Antioxidant/Antiageing**; Boost Fertility; Adaptogen/Antistress in physical/mental stress; Boost Metabolism; ginsenosides Boost ACTH; Stimulate Adrenal Cortex & Build corticosteroid levels; Boost radiation tolerance; Antiulcer; Antidiabetes; Normalise blood sugar (Hypoglycaemic/Hyperglycaemic); Clear Toxin hangover; Aid Drug Detox~Antihabituative to morphine; Regenerate Tissue; hasten RNA & protein synthesis; Vulnerary; Nootropic (substance like Rhodiola to boost cognition, protect brain & have low toxicity & few side effects) boost learning & memory & increase 5-HT levels in frontal cerebral cortex. Agents that block Ach suppress activity of ascending pathways & interfere w memory; Tonic~physical; boost physical performance, muscle strength & hypoxic tolerance; Antioxidant effect: Hypericum > Wujiapi > Rhodiola > Yimucao > Aralia mandshurica > Valeriana > Echinopanax > Wuweizi > Renshen; Antidiabetes**, insulinotropic**, Hypoglycaemic** & increased LV glycogen (best plants tested); boost visual & auditory reaction, alertness & psychomotor skills, Antianaemia; Build Xue; Antifatigue, Antistress, boost physical fitness, mental fatigue & neuro-motoric; HT-Protector, Antiarrhythmic; Adaptogen/Antistress; 5-times more TOXIC than Rhodiola; may cause constipation & over-excitement|Sweet; Bitter~mildly; Warm aromatic; Neutral; Sweet; Warm/Warm~mildly; bitter~slight; ginsenoside is mostly from Cx; not from pith|SP; LU; HT |As Soup: 3-9g alone w slow cooking; As Powder: 1-2g orally, bid/tid; As Soup: 10-30g in shock/ prostration, taken in several separate doses; Soups of Renshen w other Hbs for oral use;|(1) panting, mental fatigue, pulse faint & indistinct; prostration in illnesses severe/chronic, profuse bleeding & excessive emesis/diarrhoea; (2) SP Qi Xu w appetite~poor, faeces~loose, magersucht & lassitude; LU Xu & KI Xu w dyspnoea & sweat~spontaneous in; (3) thirst in Fluid Impairment & diabetes; (4) HT Qi Xu w insomnia, amnesia, HT~palpitation/severe HT~palpitation; Xu; Qi-Xue Xu; Yuanqi Xu; Qi Xu esp Yang Xu; Weiqi Xu; SP Xu; SP Qi Xu*; LU Xu; LU Qi Xu*; HT Qi Xu; Shen Disturbed; Heat/Fire w Fluid Xu;|LU DysFx; HT DysFx; SJM- SP-ST DysFx|Avoid unless Qi Xu is present; CI: Shi/Heat; Incompatible w Lilu, Wulingzhi/ Zaojiaozi / Zaojiaoci; Chaye/ Laifuzi decreases Renshen effect so strictly avoid tea & turnips/radish wild mountain ginseng; See Hongrenshen; Renshen (esp red Ginseng) is Warm & can create Heat problems if used wrongly/in susceptible subjects; (Xiyangshen Build Qi less strongly than Renshen + Build Yin esp LU Yin; preferred in subjects w tendency to get too hot/hyper; Cool Hb); Caution: Pregnancy; can reduce foetal esp arm/leg growth & development; high doses in pregnancy can masculinise babies due to overstimulation of male sex hormones; use for short periods only; ||(1) cultivated Rx = garden ginseng (Dried raw ginseng; Steamed red ginseng); (2) Wild Rx = Dried raw wild mountain ginseng >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD XUE|Heshouwu**; Shouwu Žñ? (Žñ‰G); Foti ????; (See: Zhiheshouwu); (See: Heshouwuteng) [Heshouwu is Rx; Yejiaoteng is Caulis+Fm]|Rx Polygoni Multiflori|Polygonum, Tuber Fleeceflower Rx, Polygonum Hoshouwu, Flowery Knotweed Rx (Crude; Prep Form Is Steamed W Black Soybean Juice)|Tonic~general; Boost vitality; Build Xue; Build Yin; Build KI; Build KI Yin*; Nourish Jing/sperm; Astringe/Guard Jing/Antispermatorrhoea; Astringe (Stop Leakage); Nourish Marrow; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Darken Hair/Beard; Antioxidant/Antiageing; LV-Protector; Build LV; Build LV Yin*; Build LV Xue; Clear Toxin esp Heat/Fire Toxin; Expel Wind from skin; Ease Itch; Moisten SI- LI; Laxative; Aid lipid metabolism; reduce blood triglycerides; Hypolipaemic; Hypocholesterolaemic; Hypotensor; Build HT; Move HT Xue (Boost HT Blood Flow); HT Muscle~Antiischaemic; HT~Antiarrhythmia; Build Xue; Antiatherosclerotic; Antiarteriosclerotic; Antiinflammation; Stimulate Adrenal Cortex; Immunostimulant; Antimicrobial; Boost Antibody Production; Boost Immunglobulins; Boost Lymphoblast Transformation; Aid fertility; (1) Build LV+Build KI; Aid Jing; Build Xue: Jing Xu & Xue Xu w baldness, backache w weakness of knee joint, immovability of limbs, hemiplegia & paraplegia; Xue Xu w face~pallor/sallow, HT~palpitation, vertigo, tinnitus, numbness of limbs, insomnia, dreaminess sleepiness, somnambulism, epilepsy, urticaria & derrnatoxerasia; LV Xu & KI Xu w emission/leukorrhagia. Hypercholesterinemia & atherosclerosis; (2) Laxative (crude Hb): constipation in Xu; (3) Clear Toxin (crude Hb): scrofula, Carbuncle etc Prep Hb in malaria~chronic w Qi-Xue Xu; (1) Prep sample can Boost lymphocyte-transformation; (2) Reduce serum cholesterol; Antiatherosclerosic; (3) crude sample is Purge|Bitter/Bitter-Sweet/sour; Astringe Warm~mildly/Warm |LV; HT; KI |As Soup: 6-25g/d; 4-5 tablets, tid|Xu Patterns; LV Xu; LV Yin Xu, LV Xue Xu; KI Xu; KI Qi Xu; KI Jing Xu; Tongue: Pale, may be dry; Pulse: Weak, thin|KI DysFx; LV DysFx; GB DysFx; convalescence; KI Yin Xu, Leukorrhoea, spermatorrhoea; emission~semen~night; arthralgia; knees~pain/weak, lowback pain/weak, limb pain, ageing~premature; hair~prematurely grey; Xue Xu w constipation & skin rash/sores; LV Yin Xu, vertigo, Carbuncle, hypertension, hypoglycemia, insomnia, Headache-Dull; Eye-Pain; Eyesight blurred, hypercholesterolaemia, Build LV; Build KI; Moisten LI; Clear Toxin~Fire Toxin; Boost fertility; Build Qi/vitality; Build Sinew; Aid lipid metabolism; Hypocholesterolaemic; inhibit absorption of cholesterol in SI; reduce blood triglycerides; Toxicosis; inflammation; constipation; abscess, scrofula, sores & Carbuncle, rubella, constipation; Hypertension; hyperlipemia; vascular sclerosis; Fatigue, Weakness, arteriosclerosis; hair greying prematurely; backache, knee pain, lumbago; insomnia; lymph gland swelling; HT~palpitation; vertigo; elevated serum cholesterol, CHD; abscess & ulcer|CI: SP Xu; diarrhoea, Phlegm/in faeces~loose/w Damp Phlegm Shi|Sole ingredient of Shouwu Pian (Polygonum Pill), whose actions/uses are as here| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD XUE|Zhiheshouwu; Zhishouwu §Žñ? (§Žñ‰G); (See: Heshouwu)|Rx Polygoni Multiflori Prep|Fried Fleeceflower Rx, Prep Tuber Fleeceflower Rx|Build Xue; Build LV; Build KI; Build KI Jing; Grow Hair; Darken Hair; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Hypotensor; Antiatherosclerotic|Bitter- Sweet; Astringe; Warm|LV; HT; KI|As Soup: 6-12g/d||Xue Xu w pallor, vertigo; tinnitus, beard; hair grey prematurely, lowback weakness; knees weak, limbs numb, metrorrhagia/metrostaxis, leukorrhagia, Xu/weakness in malaria~chronic; hyperlipemia. Often alone in hypospermia/dyszoospermia|CI: faeces~loose/w Damp Phlegm Shi|| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Bajitian**; Bajirou â€bÅ’Â??; Baji â€bÅ’Â|Rx Morindae|Morinda Rx, Bacopa Rx, Herpestis Rx, Medicinal Indian Mulberry Rx|(1) Warm KI; Build Yang: KI Yang Xu w impotence, emission, enuresis, urination~frequent & sterility; (2) Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Expel Cold & Damp: LV Xu & KI Xu w weakness of limbs, lassitude & Cold pain of waist & knees;/chronic rheumatism w arthralgia, weakness, Cold pain of joints, fatigue & tongue~pale; (1) act as androgen; (2) Boost luteinizing action of HPOA; (3) develop immature granulocytes; Warm/Build KI; Build Yang; Build KI Yang*; Guard KI Jing; Expel Wind+Expel Cold; Expel Damp; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Antiarthritis; Warm Cold; Antineuralgic; Antidote to steroid-induced atrophy of thymus & adrenocortical suppression; w increased SGPT levels; Sexual Hormone Agonist; Treat impotence, ejaculation~premature; androgen-like effect; LSH effect; luteinizing action; Immunostimulant; develop immature granulocytes; Antiinflammation; Adaptogen/Antistress|Acrid; Sweet; Warm~mildly|KI; LV; LU|As Soup: 6-15g; As Powder: 4-10g|Wind Damp Cold Bi; KI Xu; KI Yang Xu; LV Xu|KI Xu; Yang Xu esp KI Yang Xu w impotence; infertility; ejaculation~premature; urination~frequent; incontinence; menstrual irregularity; abdomen lower Cold & painful & neuritis~chronic (esp sciatica); Damp Cold; muscle atrophy; arthritis; KI DysFx; arthritis, osteoporosis; impotence, spermatorrhoea, emission~semen, enuresis, urinary frequency & sterility; weakness of limbs, lassitude & Cold pain of waist & knees;/chronic rheumatism w arthralgia, weakness, Cold pain of joints, fatigue & pale tongue|CI: Yin Xu w Damp Heat/Heat. Incompatible w Danshen. Caution in dysuria but KI Yang Xu patients have tendency to develop enlargement of prostate|| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Buguzhi**; Poguzhi; Guzhi ŒÌŽq; (See: Gusuibu)|Fr/S Psoraleae|Malaytea Scurfpea Fr/S, Psoralea S|(1) Vulnerary; Build KI Yang; Build Bone; Build Teeth; (1a) Warm/Build KI;Warm/Build Yang; Warm/Build KI Yang; Sexual Hormone Agonist; Boost Qi Absorption; (2) Warm/Build SP*; Warm/Build KI; Antidiarrhoea; Haemostat~Astringe~uterus; Relax uterus; Antidyspnoea; Calm Asthmatic; (3) Aid Skin to produce new melanin locally (Topical in vitiligo & psoriasis); (4) Also: Build SI-LI peristalsis; excite SI-LI smooth muscle; Move HT Xue (Boost HT Blood Flow); Vasodilator~HT~arteries; Boost HT rate; Antimicrobial; Antibacterial; Anticancer; Antitumour; Boost Leucocytosis; Boost Phagocytosis; Boost macrophage phagocytosis; Inhibit Antibody Production; Insecticide/Antiexoparasitic; |Acrid; bitter; Hot/Warm~very|KI; SP|As Soup: 3-9g Psoralen ampule: 1-2mg IM qd; Topical: qs|(1) used in Die Da ( " hit & fallâ€=traumatology) medicine for fractures during martial arts; w Gouji & Xuduan to heal fractures/bone trauma & sinew trauma; Gusuibu is used for this purpose also; (1a) Yang Xu; KI Yang Xu w Cold pain of waist & knees, Sexual DysFx, spermatorrhoea, emission~semen esp night, impotence, abortion~threatened; Metrorrhagia/metrostaxis & sterility; urinary frequency; enuresis, cough, dyspnoea & panting, asthma~bronchial; teeth loose, toothache~deep to jaw bone; (2) Yang Xu; SP Yang Xu+KI Yang Xu w diarrhoea~chronic & diarrhoea~cock- crow ( before dawn, 0500h); (3) im injection & Topical of psoralen for leukoderma & psoriasis; vitiligo & psoriasis; (4) Topical as alcoholic infusion for corn & leukoplakia vulvae; cancer; uterus~spasm; angina w HT~arteries spasm; leukocytopenia; ||May cause melaena/blood in stool; if so, stop use immediately;|| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Dongchongxiacao; Dongcongxiacao??; Chongcao ’Ž‘ (峑Â); Dongchongcao “~’Ž‘ (“~峑Â); ??Dongcongxiacao|Cordyceps|Chinese Caterpillar Fungus on larva corpse of Hepialus armoricanus; Cordyceps Medical Fungus; “Winter Worm, Summer Grassâ€; " Fruits " Out Of Head Of Dead Worms/Insects; One Of Dearest & Most Valuable Hbs In TCM; Elixir Of Life|Haemostat; Clear Phlegm; (1) Build LU & Build KI, Haemostat & Clear Phlegm; (2) Build Qi in Xu w debility, weakness in consumptive diseases; See { HYPERLINK " Http://Www.Ancientway.Com/Pages/Cordyceps.Html " }Http://Www.Ancientway.com/Pages/Cordyceps.html; Tonic~physical; boost physical performance, muscle strength & hypoxic tolerance; Tonic~general; Restorative; Build Yang; Antioxidant/Antiageing; Build LU; Build LU Yin; Clear Phlegm+Ease Cough; Antiwheeze; Build KI; Build KI Yang; Haemostat; Immunostimulant; Antibacterial; Spasmolytic~smooth muscle; Anticancer; Calming; Adaptogen/Antistress; CNS Rectifier; Endocrine Rectifier; Tonic~general esp in old age, debility, convalescence/postoperative/postpartum/after taxation (exertion~excessive); Build Qi; Boost Stamina/endurance/Physical Strength/Performance; Build Yin; Build Yang; Strengthen body; athlete's Hb; very costly but ranks w Renshen, Lingzhi & Deer Antler as Tonic~general* & to Build Yang* & Build Jing*; Ranks w Renshen, Lujiao, Epimedium & Hailong to Build Yang Jing* (in male athletes); is strong long range Tonic; Build Yin Jing* (in female athletes): Cordyceps & Tortoise Shell in Yin Jing Xu; (1) Build KI*; Build KI Yang; Build Jing* (both Yin & Yang); Boost KI Metabolism; Boost KI transport Fx; KI-Protector; Build KI Yuanqi; Boost Libido+Sexual Fx; Antiimpotence; prolong erection; Boost brain power; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle; Speed Growth; strengthen physical structure esp strengthen loin, knees & ankles; Speed Healing: KI Xu w sexual neurasthenia, frigidity, infertility, impotence, emission, loin pain/weakness & knee pain/weakness, alopecia, vertigo & tinnitus; backache in trauma, fatigue, stress/ageing; (2) Build KI; Build LU*; Aid LU/respiration*; Calm Asthma/prevent LU/respiratory diseases incl asthma; improve inspiration; Antidyspnoea; Clear Phlegm; Boost anoxia tolerance; Boost Stamina; Haemostat; Spasmolytic~smooth muscle of bronchi: LU Qi Xu/LU Xu+KI Xu w cough, wheezing, dyspnoea, panting/cough w blood-tinged sputum; (3) Also: Antioxidant/Antiageing; Aid memory; Appetiser; Build Weiqi; Immunomodulator esp Immunostimulant esp w other Tonic Hbs (Renshen, Lingzhi, Lycium/Astragalus); Antibacterial; Antifungal; Antivirus; AntiHIV; Anticancer; Antiinflammation: Immunosuppression; Bacterial, viral, fungal & yeast infections (candidiasis); senility; degenerative diseases; Calm Shen; Strengthen Mind; Build HT/Cardiotonic; Move HT Xue; Boost HT muscle driving power; Boost RCC/endurance; Hypotensive: Vascular Tonic; Vasodilator~HT~arteries & peripheral vessels; Hypocholesterolaemic; vascular diseases; hypertension; LV-Protector; Resolve LV Qi Stasis/depression: Antiascites in LV cirrhosis; LV~Antihepatitic; LV~Prevent fibrosis; Normalise GOT & GPT; Antidiabetes: Boost insulin secretion; Build ST: Antiulcer~ST ulcer stress- related|sweet; Neutral. Warm|LU; KI|As Soup: 4.5-15g; Powder: l.5-2.0g bid/tid; As Soup~oral: 3-9g/d; Pulverised~oral: 1.5-3.0g/dose; also as pills/powder w other drugs||(1) cough w blood-tinged sputum, asthma & panting in LU Xu. Lassitude & pains of lowback & knees & impotence & spermatorrhoea, emission~semen in KI Xu; (2) Xu Pattern in Taxation or, in restoration of health in convalescence. Its Restore effect is slow, longer period of use is required; KI Yang Xu w impotence; lowback pain~chronic; Cold aversion; Phlegm/sputum excess & lacrimation; Xu Patterns (LU Yin Xu & KI Yang Xu) w Yin Consumed/TB; cough~chronic; wheeze; sputum excess; haemoptysis (blood in sputum); colic; geriatric bronchitis|Safe over long periods but Avoid large doses (may be TOXIC); No side effects reported at normal doses; CI: Surface Pattern; Wind Cold w cough|Dongchongxiacao 10g, Kuandonghua 6g, Sangbaipi 8g, Gancao 3g, Xiaohuaixiang 2g, water 600ml in weakness/geriatrics w chronic bronchitis: Boil down to 200ml as 67ml servings tid; Dongchongxiacao alone/w Shanzhuyu, Shanyao & Tusizi in KI Xu w impotence, emission~semen; lowback~pain/weak; knees~pain/weak; Dongchongxiacao w Shashen, Ejiao & Chuanbeimu in LU Xu w cough~chronic, asthma~chronic/cough w haemoptysis; Dongchongxiacao as Soup cooked with chicken, duck or pork in Xu/debility~chronic w sweat~spontaneous & Cold- aversion;| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Duzhong**|Cx Eucommiae|Eucommia Cx|(1) Build LV; Build KI*; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; (2) Build KI*; Prevent Miscarriage*; (3) Calm LV Yang; Hypotensor; (1) Build LV+Build KI; Warm KI; Build Yin; Build Yang; Build LV Xue; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Build Muscle; Strengthen back/lowback area; Ease Pain: LV Xu & KI Xu w soreness loin & knees, flaccidity of lower limbs; infantile paralysis; (2) Calm Foetus; prevent miscarriage: abortion~threatened in LV Xu & KI Xu; Uterus~Tonic??; (3) Diuretic; Hypotensor; Calming; Build HT; Vasodilator~Peripheral; Hypolipaemic: Hypertention esp w KI Xu & LV Xu; (4) Also: Immunostimulant; Boost Phagocytosis of mononuclear phagocytes; Antiinflammation; |Sweet-bitter~mildly; Acrid~mildly; Warm|LV; KI|As Soup: 9-15g; fried sample is better for Hypertension|Yang Xu; KI Cold; KI Xu; Hypertension w KI Xu/LV Xu|KI DysFx; muscle weakness; tendon weakness; Lowback/waist soreness & weakness; knee soreness & weakness; osteoporosis esp postmenopausal; bone fracture; metrorrhagia/metrostaxis in pregnancy; vaginal discharge bloody in pregnancy; abortion~threatened in LV Xu & KI Xu|Warm & recuperative Hb; Caution/CI: Fire Shi in Yin Xu (Yin Xu w Fire)|(1) Duzhong w Build Yin Hbs esp Build KI Yin & Build LV Yin Hbs in LV Yin Xu & KI Yin Xu w lowback* pain/weakness, knee* pain/weakness; LV Xu Cold & KI Xu Cold w impotence, urination~frequent etc; (2) Duzhong w other Build KI/Prevent Miscarriage Hbs in abortion~threatened & habitual abortion; (3) Duzhong w other Calm LV Yang Hbs in LV Yang Shi w vertigo/headache, Duzhong w other classes of Hbs in other classes of vertigo/headache; w Niuxi & Shudihuang in muscle & tendon weakness| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Lujiao [banned]|Cornu Cervi|Deer Horn, Deer Horn Slices|Ease Spasm; Antifever; tonic; stimulant; Build KI Yang; Build KI Jing; Antifever; tonic; stimulant; Build Xue; Quicken Xue, Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Spasmolytic; Reduce Swelling|||||KI DysFx||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Lujiaojiao [banned]|Colla Cornu Cervi|Deer Horn Gelatin/Glue|Build Qi; Build Yang; Build KI Yang; Build KI Jing; Boost Libido; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Build Xue; Haemostat; Aid energy metabolism|||||KI DysFx; impotence; Boost virility; libido low||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Lujiaoshuang [banned]|Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum|Degelatinated Deer Antler|Build Qi; Build Yang; Build KI Yang; Build KI Jing; Build Xue; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Astringe|||||||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Lurong; Lurongpian ŽÂ‘ù•Ã|Cornu Cervi Pantotricium/Parvum|Deer Horn Slices, Hairy Deer Horn Slices, Velvet Deer Antler Slices, Pilose Deer Horn|Build KI Yang; Build Jing; Build Xue; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: KI Yang Xu w Limbs cold, fatigue, backache, impotence, emission & urination~frequent, enuresis, sterility, metrorrhagja/leukorrhagia; KI Xu w panting & dyspnoea; Yang Xu & Jing Xu & Xue Xu w limbs flaccid/maldevelopment, delayed walking, delayed teeth eruption & delayed closure of fontanel in infants/unhealed skin lesion (1) It is a tonic, Boost ST-SI-LI peristalsis, Speed healing of ulcer/wound; Boost level of RBC, haemoglobin & reticulocyte; (2) Boost HT muscle contractility, HT rate & HT~output; (3) gonadotropic; Anticancer; Antioxidant/Antiageing; Antiulcer; Immunostimulant; Antiinflammation; Adaptogen/Antistress; Hypotensor; Boost Metabolism; Vulnerary; Heal Burns; Boost Learning & Concentration; Sexual Hormone Agonist; Build Yang*; Warm/Build KI Yang*; Build KI Jing*; Build Xue; Expel Cold in Chongmai & CV; Strengthen Chongmai & CV; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;|Sweet; Salty; Warm|KI; LV|As Pill/powder: 0.25-0.5g bid/tid|Yang Xu; KI Yang Xu|||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Roucongrong; Dayun ????|Hb Cistanchis|Cistanches Hb, Desertliving Cistanche Stem, Broomrape Fleshy Stem|(1) Build KI; Build Jing: KI Yang Xu & Jing Xu & Xue Xu w impotence, emission, ejaculation premature, sterility, limbs flaccid & Cold pain of waist & knees; (2) Moisten LI; Laxative: constipation in LI Dryness in old age; diseased; puerperant w Xue Xu & Fluid Consumption; (1) Hypotensor; (2) Sialagogue; (1) Build Yang; Build KI; Build KI Yang; (2) Laxative (Purge~Moisten); Moisten SI-LI; Demulcent; (3) Also: Tonic~general; Build Yin as well as Yang; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Warm Uterus; Boost Libido; Build Yin & Build Yang; Hypotensor|Sweet-Sour; salty; Warm|KI; LI|6-18g As Soup. large dose may be 30g|Yang Xu; Yin Xu; KI Yang Xu; KI Xu|KI DysFx; TH DysFx; impotence; infertility; ejaculation~premature; constipation~Dry; KI Yang Xu w impotence; spermatorrhoea, emission~semen; ejaculation~premature; infertility; lumbago; weak Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle (osteoporosis; menopause); constipation in LI~dry||(1) w Buguzhi, Tusizi, Shechuangzhi, Bajitian, Shayuanzi, Shanzhuyu etc in KI Xu/Xu Cold w impotence/infertility~female, Coldness & pain of lowback & knee etc; (2) w Huomaren, Chenxiang, Rehmannia & Danggui in constipation in geriatrics/w Xu/weak physiques, | >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Suoyang|Hb/Caulis Cynomorii|Songaria Stem, Cynomorium Hb|Tonic; Immunostimulant; Boost ST-SI-LI Peristalsis (Muscle Activity); Sexual Hormone Agonist; Build KI; Strengthen gonads; impotence; Build Yang; Build KI; Build KI Yang; Build KI Jing; Build Xue; Moisten SI-LI; Build gonads; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Laxative; (1) Build KI; Build Jing: KI Yang Xu; Jing Xu; Xue Xu w impotence, emission, flaccidity/paralysis of limbs, Cold pain of loin; knees; (2) Moisten LI; Laxative: constipation; LI Dryness in old age; debility w Xue Xu; Fluid consumption. same action as Hb Cistanchis but Suoyang is better for Build KI Yang while Hb Cistanchis is better to Build Jing; Build Xue; Moisten SI- LI. Boost HT Xue Flow, HT muscle oxygen consumption; HT muscle contractility|Sweet; Warm|LV; KI; LI|As Soup: 9-15g|Yang Xu|tonic; impotence, ejaculation~premature; constipation~Dry||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Tusizi; ??Tushizi|S Cuscutae|South Dodder S/Chinese Dodder S, Cuscuta|Immunostimulant; Anticancer; Antimicrobial; Antioxidant/Antiageing; Hypotensor; Sexual Hormone Agonist; (1) Build LU; (2) Warm/Build KI; Build KI Yin; Build KI Yang; Build KI Jing; Guard Jing*/Antispermatorrhoea*; Antidiuretic*; (3) Calm Foetus; (4) Build LV; Aid Eyes; Warm/Build KI; Aid Ears; (5) Build SP; Antidiarrhoea in SP Xu; (6) Also: Build Yang; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Strengthen cartilage; Build HT; Boost lymphocyte-blastogenesis; (1) Build KI; Build Jing: KI Yang Xu/KI Jing Xu w impotence, emission, enuresis, urination~frequent, sterility, leukorrhagia, soreness of loin; knees, tinnitus; deafness; (2) Calm Foetus: LV Xu+KI Xu w abortion~threatened; habitual abortion, w Rml Taxilli, Xuduan; Ejiao (Bolus to Calm Foetus); (3) Build LV; Aid Eyesight: eyesight~blurred; Hypopsia in LV Xu; KI Xu; (4) Aid SP; Antidiarrhoea: faeces~loose/diarrhoea in SP Xu+KI Xu, w Fr Psoraleae, S Myristicae; Baizhu. aplastic anaemia; chyluria; (1) Build HT; (2) Boost lymphocyte-blastogenesis; sexual performance low (Erection~fast w ejaculation~premature usually is Yin Xu; impotence w complete flaccidity & libido low usually is Yang Xu – get your oats! –like Avena it treats both Yin Qi Xu & Yang Qi Xu);|Acrid; sweet; Warm Neutral-MIld|LU; LV; KI; SP|As Soup: 6-15g; Topical: qs|KI Xu/KI Yang Xu/KI Jing Xu/LV Xu w impotence, spermatorrhoea, emission~semen, ejaculation~premature, enuresis, urinary frequency, urination~frequent; urinary incontinence, infertility, sterility, leucorrhagia, lumbago, lowback soreness, knee soreness, Eyesight~blurred/poor, tinnitus; deafness, osteoporosis, vertigo|abortion~threatened; habitual abortion; impotence, spermatorrhoea, emission~semen, enuresis, urinary frequency, sterility, leucorrhagia, soreness of lowback; knees, Eyesight~blurred, tinnitus; deafness; aplastic anemia; chyluria; faeces~loose/diarrhoea||(1) alone/w other Build LU Hbs in LU Xu; (3) w other Build KI, Build LV; Calm Foetus Hbs like Sangjisheng, Xuduan; Ejiao in combined LV Xu; KI Xu w abortion~threatened; habitual abortion; (4) in hypopsia/Eyesight~poor; tinnitus; (5) w other Build SJM-SP-ST/Build KI Hbs like Buguzhi, Roudoukou; Baizhu in SP Xu; KI Xu w faeces~loose/diarrhoea| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Xianmao; Tianxianmao “VÂåŠÂ|Rz Curculigonis|Common Curculigo Rz|Adaptogen/Antistress; Immunostimulant; (1) Build KI; Build Yang: KI Yang Xu w impotence, emission, enuresis; urination~frequent; (2) Warm; Build SP Yang: SP Yang Xu/SP Yang Xu+KI Yang Xu w Cold pain of epigastrium; abdomen, appetite~poor; diarrhoea; (3) Expel Cold; Damp; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: Yang Xu w Cold pain of loin; knees; weakness of limbs/arthralgia; muscle spasm in Cold Damp. Boost pituitary reactivity to LH releasing factor; Boost ovary reactivity to LH; Boost HPOA luteinizing action; Anticonvulsant; Antiinflammation; Calming; Sexual Hormone Agonist; Warm/Build Yang; Warm/Build KI; Expel Cold; Expel Damp; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;|Acrid; Warm; TOXIC~mildly|KI; SP; LV|As Soup: 3- 9g||||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Xuduan; Chuanduan Âì’f (ÂìÂÃ)|Rx Dipsaci|Himalayan Teasel Rx, Dipsacus|(1) Build LV; Build KI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Expel Wind+Expel Damp: w Rx Achyranthis Bidentatae; Cx Eucommiae in LV Xu; KI Xu w backache, knee pain, rheumatism; trauma; (2) Rectify Xue; Haemostat~uterus/vagina; Calm Foetus: w Shudihuang; Aiye in LV Xu; KI Xu w metrorrhagia; abortion~threatened; (3) Also: Correct vitamin E deficiency; Bacteriostatic~Pneumococcus; (1) Build LV; Build LV Xue; Build KI; Free Channels; Ease Pain; (2) Vulnerary~reunite Bone fractures; (3) Uterus~Tonic; Haemostat*~metrorrhagia/metrostaxis; Prevent metrorrhagia/metrostaxis; abortion; Strengthen Chongmai; CV; Calm Foetus; (4) Also: Haemostat* in menstrual DysFx; Antimicrobial; Drain Sepsis from abscesses; wounds; Build Yin; Build Yang; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; strengthen lowback; Quicken Xue??|Bitter; Acrid; sweet; warm~mildly|LV; KI|As Soup: 5- 15g|Yang Xu; KI Xu|KI DysFx; abortion~threatened; parturition premature; trauma; osteoporosis esp postmenopausal; bone fracture Blood circulation~poor||(1) w Cx Eucommiae, Niuxi, Fr Chaenomelis etc in Wind, Coldness; Damp w LV Xu; KI Xu w soreness; pain of lowback; leg, weakness of foot; knee, blood circulation~poor, arthralgia, muscle spasm etc; (2) w Ruxiang, Moyao, Zirantong, Tubiechong, Rz Drynariae etc in trauma, contusion, sprain,; fracture~closed; (3) w Danggui, Shudihuang, Ejiao, Aiye etc in metrorrhagia/metrostaxis, leukorrhoea, abortion~threatened, bleeding (uterus/vagina) in pregnancy etc| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Yinyanghuo; Xianglingpi ÂåèËäB|Hb Epimedii|Epimedium Hb|(1) Build KI; Build Yang: KI Yang Xu w impotence, emission, enuresis, urination~frequent, soreness of waist; knees, sterility etc; (2) Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Expel Wind+Expel Damp: Wind Damp w arthralgia, numbness, muscle spasm; limbs flaccid; infantile paralysis; (3) Clear Phlegm+Ease Cough and, asthma: cough~chronic; asthma esp those of Yang Xu type. HT~CHD, Hypertension; neurasthenia; (1) Vasodilator~HT~arteries; Boost HT Xue Flow; (2) gonadotropic to prolong estrus in animals; increase sex gland weights (ovary, uterus, prostate, seminal vesicle; musculi levator ani; (3) Boost lymphocyte- blastogenesis rate; (1) Build Yang; Warm/Build KI; Warm/Build KI Yang*; Build KI Jing; Build/Guard Jing; Antispermatorrhoea; Boost Libido+Sexual Fx~male; Sexual Hormone Agonist; Aid sexual glands; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; (2) Expel Wind+Expel Damp (Expel Wind+Expel Damp); Expel Cold; Antirheumatic; Ease Spasm; (3) Build Yin; Yang; Downbear LV Yang Ascent (Gan Yang); (4) Also: Antioxidant/Antiageing; Boost memory in amnesia by increase brain circulation; Ease Cough; Calm Asthma; Expectorant; Antiallergy; HT-Protector; Antihypoxia (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); Build HT; HT Muscle~Antiischaemic; HT~Antiarrhythmia; Move HT Xue (Boost HT Blood Flow); Build Xue; Quicken Xue (Anticoagulant~lower blood viscosity); Haemostat~Astringe; Vascular Tonic; Vasodilator~peripheral; Hypotensor; Hypolipaemic; Hypocholesterolaemic; Hypoglycaemic; Rectify Endocrine axis (HPAG hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal- gonadal axis); Boost WBC; Immunomodulator; Immunostimulant esp cellular; Boost Lymphoblast Transformation; Boost Phagocytosis; Boost T-Lymphocyte Production; Boost Antibody Production; Boost Immunglobulins; Antibacterial; Antimicrobial; Antivirus; AntiHIV/AIDS; Antiinflammation; Aid DNA metabolism; common ingredient in Spring Wine|Acrid; Sweet; Warm|LV; KI|As Soup: 3-15g, up to 30g for single use; Traditionally stir-fried w goat-fat; this raises total saponin that dissolves by boiling in water, thereby improving its efficacy. Often steeped in wine for both KI Yang Xu; Painful Bi; Tablet of extract (0.3g equivalent to 2.7g of crude Hb): 4-6 tablets bid; Tablet of flavone (equivalent to 3g of crude Hb): 2-3g tid; Tablet of icariin (10mg equivalent to 5g of crude Hb): 2 tablets tid; |(1) KI Yang Xu w impotence; spermatorrhoea, emission~semen; urination~frequent; amnesia; withdrawal; lowback; knees Cold; painful; (2) Wind Damp Cold Painful Bi (pain; Fluid Retention) w such Sx as spasms/cramps in hands; feet; arthragia; numbness in limbs in bad circulation; (3) LV Yang Ascent in LV Xu; KI Xu w lowback pain; vertigo; menstrual irregularity; (4) Also: Wind Bi/Damp Bi; Xu Cold; KI Xu; Wind Damp|KI DysFx; male sexual DysFx; impotence, ejaculation~premature; oligospermia; spermatorrhoea, emission~semen~night; sterility; urine frequent; urinary incontinence; asthma; cough; soreness of lowback; knees; arthralgia; hemiplegia, numbness of limbs; Also: vaginitis w leukoplakia; Neurasthenia; HT disease; CHD; Viral infection of HT muscl; Asthma; Bronchial~chronic infection; Leucopenia; spinal cord myelitis|can damage Yin; may cause vertigo, emesis, mouth dry, thirst,; epistaxis; CI: Yin Xu Fire. Avoid prolonged use as Soup|(1) Yinyanghuo alone (30g in 500g rice wine), 5ml tid/w other Build KI Hbs in KI Yang Xu w impotence/infertility~female, lassitude in lowback; knee, urine incontinence etc; (2) Yinyanghuo w Antiarthralgic/Ease Pain Hbs like Sangjisheng, Qinjiao etc in Wind/Damp/Cold Bi w arthralgia, paralysis of lower limbs, muscle spasm, of hand/foot numbness etc; w Build Yang; Build Yin Hbs like Xianmao, Bajitian, Huangbai, Rz Anemarrhenae etc in Yin Xu; Yang Xu patterns like menopausal hypertension, hot flushes etc; (3) In impotence: A. Use Yinyanghuo 15g w Tusizi 15g. Grind into Powder. 5g/d in 3 servings. Take w yellow rice wine for 20d . Take first thing in morning; before bed. Massage perineal area from left to right; right to left about 10 times; B. Every night for 7 d use Chuanxiong 15g; Xixin 15g. Boil Soup; put in bathtub; sit for 20 minutes. Avoid intercourse for 100d . Avoid overexertion; chills; w Wuweizi, Gouqizi,; Shayuanjili for KI Xu impotence; infertility; w Sangjisheng for Painful Bi esp paralysis; pain of lower limbs/muscle contraction; numbness of limbs; w Xianmao, Huangbai,; Zhimu for Menopausal Sxs like face pallor, lowback pain, nocturia, menstrual irregularity,; vertigo from LV Yang Ascent in LV; KI Yin Xu. This combination also is used for LV Yang Ascent in males| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YANG|Yizhiren; (See: Hongdoukou)|Fr Alpiniae|Black Cardamon Fr/S; Sharpleaf Galangal Fr, Bitter cardamom Fr|(1) Warm SP; preserve saliva: SP Xu w salivation, w Rx Codonopsis PilosuIae; Baizhu; Cold Damp of SP; KI w abdomen~pain, emesis; diarrhoea, w S Myristicae; Baizhu; (2) Guard Jing; Antidiuretic: Xu Cold of KI Qi w emission~night, enuresis, nocturia/slow; difficult discharge of urine, w Rz Dioscoreae; Rx Linderae; (1) Boost chemotherapy tolerance~counter cyclophosphamide-induced leukopenia; (2) Inhibit biosynthesis of prostaglandin; (1) Warm/Build KI*; Astringe/Guard Jing/Antispermatorrhoea; Antidiuretic; (2) Warm/Build SP; Antidiarrhoea; Antisialorrhoea; ??Sialagogue; (3) Also: Tonic/Stimulant; Warm/Build Yang; Warm/Build KI Yang*; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Warm/Build SP Yang; Appetiser; Stomachic; Carminative; Stimulant; Astringe Discharge|Acrid; Warm|SP; KI|As Soup: 3-9g|Xu diarrhoea~chronic|SJM-SP-ST DysFx; diarrhoea~chronic; Flatus; dyspepsia; anorexia; polyuria; KI Yang Xu w impotence; ejaculation~premature; urination~frequent; profuse urination; urinary incontinence; diarrhoea; Sialorrhoea; Cold; pain in abdomen||(1) w Tusizi, Rz Dioscereae, Wuyao etc in KI Xu w spermatorrhoea, emission~semen, enuresis, urination~frequent, cloudy urine etc; (2) w Dangshen, Baizhu, Ganjiang, Sharen etc in SP Yang Xu w abdomen~Cold; colic, emesis, diarrhoea, anorexia/sialorrhoea| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|BUILD YIN|Guiban; Guibanjia?â€Ã‚Âb (‹Tâ€Ã‚Âb); Guijia ?Âb (êÂÂb);; (See: Cuguijia)|Carapax+Plastrum Testudinis|Tortise Shell|(1) Build Yin; Calm Yang; Ease Spasm: Yin Xu w Xu Fire Shi w fever~hectic, sweat~night, emission~night, vertigo & tinnitus, Yin Xu w Wind Shi w convulsion; (2) Aid KI; Build KI; Build KI Yin; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: LV Xu & KI Xu w flaccidity of waist & lower limbs, weakness of Bone & Sinew, delayed ability of standing & walking, delayed growth of teeth & delayed closure of fontanel in infants; (3) Uterus~Tonic; Emmenagogue; Haemostat; Arrest metrorrhagia/metrostaxis; Rectify Menstruation; Haemostat~metrorrhagia: Yin Xu w Xue Heat w metrorrhagia, menorrhagia & leukorrhagia; (4) Also: Calm Yang; Build Xue; Build HT; Strengthen Channels; Antiarteriosclerotic; Anticancer; Immunostimulant; Bacteriostatic~B tuberculosis hominis; Antihypoxia (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); Boost Metabolism; Hypolipaemic; Calming; Sexual Hormone Agonist|Salty; Sour; Sweet; Cool|LV; KI; HT|As Soup: 9-30g; Build Yin; boil before other Hbs are thrown in; Calcined Hb is used in pills/powder||KI DysFx|CI: pregnancy|(1) w Huangbai, Zhimu, Shudihuang etc in Yin Xu w Fire Shi w fever~hectic, consumptive fever & sweat~night; w Tianmendong, Xuanshen, Longgu, Muli etc in Yin Xu & Yang Shi w vertigo & Eyesight~blurred; w Baishao, Maimendong, Rx Rehmanniae etc in fever w Yin Xu Heat w muscle spasm & contracture of hand & foot; (2) w Hugu, Shudihuang, Baishao etc in KI Yin Xu w lassitude of lowback & feet, muscle+bone stiffness, infantile metopism etc; oxytocic effect in uterus~atony/delayed parturition/dystocia; Boost growth/bone & cartilage in babies; (3) w Baishao, Huangbai, Chunpi, Xiangfu etc in Yin Xu & Xue Heat w menorrhagia, metrorrhagia/metrostaxis, leukorrhoea etc| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|EXPEL WIND+EXPEL DAMP|Shinanteng|?? Fm/Caulis Photiniae; ?? Rml Wallichii/Puberulii |?? Chinese Photinia Fm/Stem|(1) Expel Wind; Free Channels; Move Qi+Quicken Xue; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Ease Pain: arthralgia of Wind Cold Damp type, weakness & soreness of waist & lower limbs, esp in Xu Cold; also for trauma; (2) Quicken Xue; Move HT Xue~Antianginal; increase myocardial trophic blood volume, Boost collateral circulation of HT~CHD/ischemic myocardium; Boost hypoxic tolerance in HT muscle; Vascular Tonic; Vasodilator~cerebral: angina pectoris, cerebral thrombosis & embolism; (3) Aid GB; Aid ST; Anticolic: GB/biliary colic & ST~pain/ache; Ease Pain; Spasmolytic~SI-LI spasm|Fragrant; Acrid; warm|LV; SP; HT|As Soup: 3-9g; Ampoule (2 ml containing 8g of crude Hb): 2 ml IM uid/bid/4-8 ml added in 500 ml 10% glucose IV drip||||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|EXPEL WIND+EXPEL DAMP; BUILD BONE|Gouji; Jingouji ??‹çÂÃ’|Rz Cibotii|Chain Fern Rz; East Asian Tree Fern Rz; Cibot Rz, Cibotium Rz,|Tonic* esp for older men; Strengthen spine; Build LV+Build KI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Expel Wind+Expel Damp; Antiarthralgic: LV Xu+KI Xu w rheumatism~chronic, backache, flaccidity & immovability of lower limbs, urination~frequent, enuresis/leukorrhagia; Build Yang; Expel Wind+Expel Damp; Secure KI; Build LV; Build KI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; best for KI Xu w back pain; Build spine; Build geriatric male; Antirheumatic; LV Xu; KI Xu|sweet; bitter; Warm|LV; KI|As Soup: 10-15g|Yang Xu|muscle weakness; tendon weakness; back~pain/knee~pain (muscles & RA); lumbago; spine~weakness; muscle & tendon weakness; male~geriatric DysFx||w Achyranthes & Rehmannia in muscle & tendon weakness| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|EXPEL WIND+EXPEL DAMP; BUILD BONE|Qiannianjian|Rz Homalomenae|Obscured Homalomena Rz||||||||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|EXPEL WIND+EXPEL DAMP; BUILD BONE|Sangjisheng**; Jisheng Šñ¶|Hb Taxilli/Loranthi/Visci|Chinese Taxillus/Loranthus/Viscus Twig, Mulberry Mistletoe Fm+Rml|Antimicrobial; Antivirus; Diuretic; Hypotensor; Vasodilator~Peripheral; Backache; stiff joints; arthritis; Build Xue; Build Yin; Build KI Yin; Build KI*; Build KI Qi; Build LV; Build LV Qi; Build LV Yin; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Hypotensor; Calm Foetus esp w Yin Xu; Prevent Miscarriage; Expel Wind+Expel Damp (Expel Wind Damp); Expel Cold; Antirheumatic; (1) Expel Wind+Expel Damp; Build LV; Build KI: rheumatism w LV Xu & KI Xu w back weak & knees weak & limbs flaccid; (2) Build Xue; Calm Foetus: abortion~threatened in LV Xu & KI Xu; (3) Hypotensor: Hypertension esp in LV Xu+KI Xu; also angina pectoris & arrhythmia; (1) Hypotensor in anaesthetized dogs & cats by ST infusion in a dose of 0.4-0.5g/kg; (2) Vasodilator~HT~arteries; Reduce HT rate; (3) Counteract caffeine stimulation; (4) LD50 is 11.24g/kg intraperitoneally|Bitter-sweet; Mild- Neutral|KI; LV|As Soup: 10-30g; Instant granules: Half package (equivalent to 20g of crude Hbs) bid; Ampoule (5 ml containing 10g of crude Hbs): 10 ml added in 50% glucose 20 ml IV uid|Yin Xu|KI DysFx; LV DysFx; back~pain/limb~pain; rheumatism, arthritis, RA; osteoporosis; menopause; Xue Xu; HT DysFx; hypertension; menorralgia; abortion~threatened; Backache; stiff joints; arthritis||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|EXPEL WIND+EXPEL DAMP; BUILD BONE|Wujiapi; Wujia ŒÜ‰Ã; Nanwujiapi “ìŒÜ‰Ãâ€Ã§; Wujianan (ŒÜ‰Ã“ì); (Southern Wujiapi); Wujiapichuan ŒÜ‰Ãâ€Ã§Âì; (See: Wujiashen; Ciwujia)|Cx-Rx Acanthopanacis|Acanthopanax Cx-Rx, Siberian Ginseng Cx; Slenderstyle Acanthopanax Cx|Adaptogen/Antistress; Antioxidant/Antiageing; Protect against heavy metal toxicity (Cu, Cd); Antioxidant effect: Hypericum > Wujiapi > Rhodiola > Yimucao > Aralia mandshurica > Valeriana > Echinopanax > Wuweizi > Renshen; Immunsuppressant; Boost Phagocytosis; Antiinflammation; Antiulcer; Boost Metabolism; Sexual Hormone Agonist; (1) Expel Wind+Expel Damp (Expel Wind+Expel Damp); Drain Damp; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; (2) Antirheumatic; Boost Sexual; General Vitality; (3) Also: Expel Cold Damp Bi; Build LV; Build KI; Diuretic; Antioedema; Reduce Swelling; Speed pediatric development/walking; (1) Expel Wind; Expel Damp; Build LV; Build KI; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: arthralgia in Wind Cold Damp, limbs flaccid in rheumatism~chronic w LV Xu; KI Xu/under-development in children; (2) Diuretic~Expel Damp: oedema, ascites; wet beriberi; (1) Inhibit development of arthritis; allergic inflammation; (2) Reduce capillary permeability; (3) Antifever; Ease Pain|Fragrant; Acrid; spicy; bitter; Warm|KI; LV|As Soup/liquor infusion: 4.5-15g/d; Soak Rx in wine; drink; excellent drink for geriatric patients w RA|Wind Cold Damp Bi; KI Jing Xu|KI DysFx; Cold Damp Bi w pain; rheumatic disease; rheumatism; RA; somasthenia; osteoporosis; oedema; weakness in joints; Muscle; KI Jing Xu w delayed pediatric development/walking; dysuria; oedema; swelling; oliguria; lowback pain; arthragia; walking difficulty|CI: Yin Xu esp w Heat/Fire Shi; “northern Wujiapi†is HT stimulant which is HT-TOXIC; Hb gatherers usually use Gangliupi (Sclepiadaceae family) as “northern Wujiapi.†Most Hb stores use northern Wujiapi in making Wujiapi wine, whose prolonged use may kill. TOXIC reactions of “northern Wujiapi†wine include blindness, numbness in limbs, vertigo,; headache; prolonged use may kill|(1) Wind Damp w numbness; pains, muscle constructure of limbs, lassitude in lowback; knees, retarded walking in children, general weakness; fatigue, oedema; beriberi; (2) Wujiapi strong liquor is Antirheumatic; Boost sexual vitality; Boost general vitality|; >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|MOVE XUE STASIS~RECTIFY MENSTRUATION|Niuxi**; Huainiuxi ŸÌ‹Â•G (œå‹Â•G); Tuniuxi; Fainiuxi ŸÌ‹Â•G; (See: Chuanniuxi)|Rx Achyranthis|Twotooth Achyranthes Rx|(1) Move Xue Stasis; Emmenagogue; (2) Relax Sinew/Tendon & Muscle in arthralgia; (3) Downbear Xue; (4) Diuretic~Ease Stranguria; (5) Also: Expel Damp; Free Channels; Envoy~Downbear; Build KI; Build LV; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Strengthen legs; Hypotensor*; Heal Bruises; Drain Sepsis; Antiarthritis; Antiinflammation; Ease Pain; Boost Metabolism; Uterus~Tonic; Contraceptive/Abortifacient; (1) Move Xue Stasis; Free Channels & oxytocic: dystocia, placenta~retention; Xue Stasis w amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, postpartum lochiostasis, abdomen~pain, headache, chest pain/trauma; (2) Ease joint; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;: backache, pain & difficulty in movement of knees, limbs flaccid; (3) Induce Qi downward: LV Yang Shi w headache, Xu Fire Upflaring w aphthae, toothache, haematemesis, epistaxis & haemoptysis; (4) Diuretic~Ease Stranguria: Stranguria w KI/BL~uroliths, Stranguria w Heat & oedema; (1) Inhibit progress of arthritis; Antiinflammation; Anticancer; (2) Soup/infusion contract gravid/non-gravid uterus; (3) Soup is transient Hypotensor; Diuretic|bitter; sour; Neutral Bitter; Sour; Mild|LV; KI|As Soup: 4.5- 12g/up to 30g; Niuxi: Build LV & Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Chuanniuxi: Quicken Xue, Emmenagogue; Relax Muscle+Tendon in arthralgia|Xue Stasis|Anemorrhoea; menstrual cycle retarded; menstrual irregularity; arthralgia; dysmenorrhoea; abdomen~masses; Dystocia; placenta~retention; aching pain of lowback & knee joints & arthralgia of lower limbs; pain & swelling of gum, haematemesis, haemoptysis, epistaxis; hypertension; headache in spasm of cerebral blood vessels; stranguria; haematuria|CI: pregnancy; nocturnal emission, menorrhagia & SJM (SP-ST) Qi Collapse; Niuxi is better to Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Chuanniuxi is better to Move Xue Stasis|(1) w Danggui, Taoren, Chishao, Mudanpi etc in amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, retarded menstrual cycle, abdomen~masses, Dystocia etc in Xue Stasis; w Fr Malvae Verticilltae in placenta~retention; (2) Niuxi in Wind Damp w lowback pain/ ache & knee pain/ ache & lower limb~arthralgia; w Rz Atractylodis, Huangbai in Damp Heat; w Duhuo, Fr Chaenomelis etc in Cold Patterns; w Cx Eucommiae, Xuduan etc in KI Xu; (3) Niuxi in pain & swelling of gum, haematemesis, haemoptysis, epistaxis etc; w Build Yin+Purge Fire Hbs like Shudihuang, Maimendong, Shigao, Zhimu etc in Yin Xu Fire Shi; w Daizheshi, Longgu, Muli, Xuanshen in hypertension in LV Yang Shi & headache in spasm of cerebral blood vessels; (4) w Qumai, Huashi, Ma Tetrapanacis etc in stranguria & haematuria in Heat| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|MOVE XUE STASIS~VULNERARY|Gusuibu**; Maojiang –Ñ›I; (See: Buguzhi)|Rz Drynariae|Drynaria Rz, Fortune’s Drynaria Rz|(1) Build LV; Build KI; Build KI Yang; Build KI Jing/Marrow; Quicken Xue; Move Xue Stasis; Break Xue; Expel Wind+Expel Damp; Expel Wind Heat w pain; (2) Vulnerary in trauma & fracture; Heal Burns; Ease Pain; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Clear Toxin from Bone; (3) Expel Sepsis; Clear Toxin~kanamycin & streptomycin; (4) Hypocholesterolaemic; Hypolipaemic; Antiarteriosclerotic; (5) Harden gums; Haemostat~esp gums (Guard Gums); Antiinflammation; (6) Also: Build Yang; Expel Wind+Expel Damp; Antimicrobial; Vermicide; |Bitter; Warm|LV; KI|As Soup: 10-15g| |||(1) LV Xu+KI Xu/Xue Stasis w rheumatism & weakness of back & knees; KI Xu w lowback pain, diarrhoea~chronic, toothache, vertigo, tinnitus; Wind Damp Bi w lowback pain & movable impediment, foot wilting~biltateral, weakness, pain, toothache, tinnitus, arthritis, arthralgia, etc; KI Yang Xu w Xu Fire Upflaming; Xue Stasis w trauma & falls, bone trauma; appendicitis & corns; wind stroke, crane knee & cramping qi, Wind Xue ache/pain, Five Taxations & Six Extremes; mouth & hand not restrained, SJU Heat w SJL Cold (Heat Above & Cold Below); diarrhea, strangury, emission~semen & anal desertion; (2) used in Die Da ( " hit & fallâ€=traumatology) medicine for fractures during martial arts; w Gouji & Xuduan to heal fractures/bone trauma & sinew trauma; Gubuzhi is used for this purpose also; Topical fresh Hb in fracture, trauma & burns, tinea infection; wine-fried in baldness; (3) sepsis, flesh~necrotic; sores malignant; streptomycin & kanamycin toxicity w tinnitus/deafness~cochlear toxicity & headache; (4) arteriosclerosis w deposits in vessels; (5) Alone as Topical in gingivitis w toothache, gum~pain & gum~bleeding, teeth loose w weight loss, lowback weakness, fatigue (stir-fry 50g Gusuibu until black; grind to powder & use as Topical to gums several times in 1 week & teeth will set well & not move again);| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|MOVE XUE STASIS~VULNERARY|Zirantong|Pyritum|Pyrite; Iron Sulphide; From Iron Pyrites Boiled In Neutral/Alkaline Solution|Move Stasis; Move Xue Stasis; Ease Pain; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Move Xue Stasis; Ease Pain; heal fracture: trauma w bruise, swelling; pain; fracture|acrid; bitter; Mild|LV; KI|As Pill/powder: 0.3-0.5g bid||Move Stasis||| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|WARM INTERIOR|Ganjiang; Jiang ›I (Ã¥G); (See: Shengjiang; Heiganjiang; Paojiang)|Rz Zingiberis Officinalis|Dried Ginger|(1) Release Surface; Make Sweat; Rubefacient; Warm Interior; Expel Cold from Interior; Expel Cold; Expel Damp; Expel Wind+Expel Cold from Channels; Free Jingluo; Clear Phlegm; Ease Pain; Antiarthralgic in Wind Damp; (2) Expel Cold; Expel SJM-SP-ST Cold; Warm SJM-SP-ST Warm SP Yang; Build SP Yang; Harmonise SJM-SP-ST; Build SP T & T; Stomachic; Carminative; Downbear Rising SJM-SP-ST Qi; Antiulcer; Antiemesis: Xu Cold of SJM-SP-ST w Cold pain in lower abdomen; diarrhoea in Cold, emesis, w Baizhu; (3) Antishock; Anticollapse; Stimulant; Build Yang; Return Yang; Return Depleted Yang; Revive Exhausted Yang; Free Channels: Yang Exhaustion but less effective than Rx Aconiti Prep; (4) Warm LU; Clear Phlegm esp Tan Yin Type; Downbear Rising LU Qi; Ease Cough in cough w sputum~profuse; (5) Build HT; Build HT Yang; Calm Shen; Haemostat; Move Xue Stasis; Vascular Tonic; Antihypoxia (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); Anticoagulant/Antithrombus; Antiplatelet- Aggregation; (6) Also: A6ntiinflammatory; Antifever; Antimicrobial; Antischistosomal; Build Expel fluid Retention from interior; GB~Cholagogue; Ease Spasm; Ease Pain; Topical: sprains|Aromatic; Acrid; Warm-hot*; safe|SJM-SP-ST; LU; KI; HT|As Soup: 3-10g; Warm LU; Expectorant: Phlegm Retention w LU Cold w cough & sputum~thin, w Xixin & Wuweizi|(1) SJM-SP-ST Xu w Cold Stasis w Cold feeling, epigastric pain, Colic, emesis, Cold limbs & faint pulse, dyspnoea & cough w sputum copious & frothy; (2) ST Cold w emesis & Cold pain in abdomen; (3) Yang Xu Patterns (Cold of limbs in Yang Xu & Pulse~barely palpable in HT+KI Yang Xu & Yin Shi Cold in interior); (4) Asthma & Cough in Fluid Retention of Cold Type, Cold Body & Back & Copious Watery Phlegm; (5) depleted Yang in ST Xu Cold & threatened exhaustion of Yang Yuanqi; also: Cold Patterns (Channels Cold, Cold Interior; Limbs~cold; Abdomen/Epigastric Cold pain; Body & Back Cold, hands & feet Cold; SJM-SP-ST Cold; ST Xu Cold w colic, dyspepsia, nausea, flatus, borborygmus, emesis, diarrhoea, dysentery; HT+KI Yang Xu & Yin Shi Cold in interior w Pulse~barely palpable; LU Cold, Asthma & Cough in Cold w Phlegm~Copious Watery, sputum profuse w Fluid Retention; SP Xu, SP Yang Xu, SP Cold, SP Xu Cold, ST Xu; HT Xu/HT Yang Xu w Shen disturbed, chest Tightness, blood flow~poor; Yang Xu, Yang Xu (weakness, exhaustion, collapse, epistaxis, metrorrhagia/metrostaxis, Pulse~weak); Wind/Wind Damp, Channel Bi (Jing Luo Blocked), pain, arthralgia in Wind Damp; Damp & Phlegm; fluid Retention in interior; Food Toxicity; bleeding, spitting blood; Sweat~absent; sprains|HT DysFx; SJM-SP-ST DysFx; flatus; dyspepsia; Vertigo; dyspepsia; colic; nausea; emesis Cold hands & feet; weak pulse; cough w sputum~profuse; Topical: sprains|Caution in pregnancy|(1) w Gaoliangjiang, i.e. Er Jiang Wan in SJM-SP-ST Xu w Cold Stasis & Cold pain in abdomen, emesis & diarrhoea; (2) w Dangshen, Baizhu etc. i.e. Lizhong Wan in ST Cold & Cold pain in abdomen; (3) w Fuzi (mutual enforcement), i.e. Sini Tang in Yang Xu Patterns; (4) w Xixin, Wuweizi, Mahuang etc, i.e. Xiao Qinglong Tang in Asthma & Cough in Cold w Fluid Retention, Cold Body & Back & Copious Watery Phlegm; (5) w Fuzi to recover depleted Yang in ST Xu Cold & threatened exhaustion of Yang Yuanqi; “Fuzi is not hot wo Ganjiangâ€| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|WARM INTERIOR|Rougui; Rouguipiguang “÷Œjâ€Ã§Å“A; Rouguixi “÷Œj¼; Guipiguang Å’jâ€Ã§Å“A; Guangui Š¯Œj; Qinghuagui ´‰ÔŒj; (See: Guizhi; Rouguiyou)|Cx Cinnamomi|Cinnamon/Cassia Cx, Saigon/Japanese Cinnamon Cassia Inner Cx, Quilled Cinnamon Cx, Loureiru Twig??|(1) Warm SP; Build SP Yang; Build KI Yang: KI Yang Xu w soreness & Coldness of loins & legs, impotence, emission, enuresis/urination~frequent, dysufla & oedema; inspirating failure in KI Xu w dyspnoea; SP Yang Xu+KI Yang Xu w Cold pain of abdomen, appetite~poor, faeces~loose/diarrhoea; Xu Fire Blazing w toothache; (2) Expel Cold; Ease Pain: lumbago in Cold Damp, colic in Cold, dysmenorrhoea & precordial pain in Cold Stasis; (3) Move Qi-Xue: Qi-Xue Xu, w Huangqi, Dangshen, Danggui etc; volatile oil contains cinnamic aldehyde, cinnamic acid & cinnamyl acetate, Sialagogue & Digestive, Spasmolytic~smooth muscle; Antifever; Make Sweat; Diuretic; Expel Cold; Expel Wind; Warm Interior; Warm Channels; Warm LV Channel Cold; Calm Anger; Warm/Build SJM-SP-ST; Warm/Build SP Yang; Warm/Build KI; Warm/Build KI Yang; Build Bone+Sinew/Tendon & Muscle;; Move Xue Stasis; Emmenagogue; Build LU Qi; Ease Spasm; Ease Pain esp in Cold w GIT pain, lumbago & RA; Antimicrobial; Antiulcer; HT Muscle~Antiischaemic; Antiplatelet-Aggregation; Boost Leucocytosis; Boost radiation tolerance; Relax Muscle+Tendon; Appetiser|Aromatic; Acrid; Sweet; Hot* Acrid; Sweet; Warm- hot~very; Rougui is thick Cx; Guizhi is from branches of Cinnamontree|KI; SP; HT; LV; LU; BL|As Soup: 1-3g, Prep as powder/thin pieces before decocting, only cooked for a short time; Powder/Pill: 1.0-1.5g As Soup: 1-4.5g; decoct after other Hbs; As Powder: 1-5g|(1) Boost Fire; Build Yang; (2) Expel Cold; Ease Pain; (3) Build Qi-Xue; (4) Also: Cold, Cold Interior; Channels Cold; LV Channel Cold; SJM-SP-ST Cold; KI Cold; Cold limbs; Phlegm Cold; SJM-SP-ST Xu; SP Yang Xu; ST Xu; KI Xu, KI Yang Xu; LU Qi Xu; Wind/Cold w chill & fever w/wo sweat; Xue Stasis; pain; back pain; headache; pain in ST-SI-LI; lumbago; muscle spasm; muscle weak & RA pain w Cold|anaemia; Anger, annoyed easily, irritable; back pain; chill & fever w/wo sweat; circulation~poor; Cold sensations; diarrhoea; headache; limbs Cold; lumbago; menstrual DysFx; muscle spasm; muscle weak; oliguria; pain; pain in ST-SI-LI; Phlegm; RA pain|Caution/CI: pregnancy; Not same as tender stalks (Guizhi) that are used as Make Sweat|(1) w Fuzi, Shudihuang, Shanyao, Shanzhuyu etc in KI Yang Xu w aversion to Cold, Cold limbs, flaccidity of lowback & feet, impotence, dysuria etc; w Ganjiang, Fuzi, S Myristicae, Fuling etc in colic & diarrhoea in SP Yang Xu & KI Yang Xu; (2) as powder alone/w other Hbs to Warm/Build SJM-SP-ST/Expel Cold in ST~pain, colic, hernia etc in Xu Cold Pattern; w Danggui, Ganjiang, Shudihuang etc in dysmenorrhoea in Cold of Xu-type. (3) small amount can be used; Build Qi-Xue in Qi-Xue Xu, as in Ginseng Nutrition Soup & Soup of Ten Powerful Tonics, are used in Qi-Xue Xu; Clear Toxin Powder; Activate Yang Soup, used in chronic sores & ulceration & Tongguan Pill, used in dysuria in Damp Heat in SJL| Best regards, Email: < WORK : Teagasc Research Management, Sandymount Ave., Dublin 4, Ireland Mobile: 353-; [in the Republic: 0] HOME : 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland Tel : 353-; [in the Republic: 0] WWW : http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/searchap.htm Membership requires that you do not post any commerical, swear, religious, spam messages,flame another member or swear. To change your email settings, i.e. individually, daily digest or none, visit the groups’ homepage: Chinese Medicine/ click ‘edit my membership' on the right hand side and adjust accordingly. To send an email to <Chinese Medicine- > from the email account you joined with. 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