Herb Listings
Zi He Che / Human Placenta | |||
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Taste: Sweet, Salty • Temperature: Warm • Category: Tonic • Sub Category: Tonify Yang | |||
Dosage1.5-4.5g powder, for consumption wash fresh & make into soup |
Actions1. Tonifies the Liver & Kidneys & augments the essence: for infertility, impotence, spermatorrhea, low back pain, lightheadedness, & tinnitus from insufficiency of Kidney qi & debility of the essence & blood.2. Augments the qi & nourishes the blood: for emaciation, pallor, & /or insufficient lactation due to exhaustion of qi & blood. Also used from unremitting seizure disorders. 3. Tonfies the Lung qi & augments the Kidney essence: for wheezing due to deficiency of the Lungs & Kindney. Especially useful between acute attacks or consumption with night sweats, emaciation, & debility, as well as chronic cases of wheezing & cough. |
MeridiansLiver, Lung, Kidney |
CautionsUse cautiously over prolonged periods of time & do not use alone for heat from yin deficiency. |