Herb Listings
| Huai Niu Xi / Achyranthes Root, Henan (Ox Knee) | |||
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| Taste: Bitter, sour • Temperature: Neutral • Category: Regulate Blood • Sub Category: Invigorate Blood | |||
Dosage4.5-9g |
ActionsInvigorates and expels blood stasis with symptoms of dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, and lochoschesis.Strengthens sinews and bones, assists the joints with symptoms of pain and soreness in the low back and knees due to Liver and Kidney deficiency. Clears damp-heat in the lower jiao in cases of damp-heat draining downward with symptoms as knee pain or low back damp painful obstruction. Also for painful urinary dysfunction or vaginal discharge. Also for stones with low back pain and bloody urine. |
MeridiansLiver, Kidney |
CautionsContraindicated during pregnancy. Also cases of diarrhea due to Spleen deficiency and in cases with excessive menstruation or spermatorrhea due to weak basal qi. According to some traditional sources, this herb is not used with Cynanchum (Bai Qian) |
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