INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: HAI MA - 海馬 - HIPPOCAMPUS

Pharmaceutical Latin: Hippocampus
Sea Horse

CATEGORY

Herbs that Tonify Yang

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Sweet
Salty
Warm
Kidney
Liver
1-12g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Tonifies Kidney Yang and treats impotence

Impotence, urinary incontinence wheezing from Deficiency

Debility in the elderly

Regulates Qi and Blood and promotes labor

Bleeding and pain from Blood Stasis

Swelling due to sores and boils

Abdominal masses

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
  • Contraindicated for those with Yin Deficiency.
  • Contraindicated for those with Heat signs.
  • Contraindicated for those with renal insufficiency.
  • Not recommended for those with weak digestion.
  • Not recommended for those with an Exterior condition.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Fr. Lycii
Gou Qi Zi
Fr. Jujube
Da Zao

Lean Pork

 

Urinary frequency at night and vaginal discharge from Kidney Yang Deficiency

Susceptibility to infections in children with weak constitutions

 

NOTES

  1. This herb can be used as a substitute for Gecko Ge Jie.
  2. The androgen content of this herb is less than Fr. Cnidii She Chuang Zi, but is stronger than Gecko Ge Jie.
  3. This herb has one-half the effect of Syngnathus Hai Long which is much bigger and with a longer body and a straight tail which does not curve.
  4. Wine-prepared Sea Horse Jiu Zhi Hai Ma is soaked in yellow rice wine. which reduces any objectionable taste and enhances its ability to tonifies the Kidneys and fortify Yang.