INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Radix Polygoni Multiflori (Preparata) |
| Common English: | Fleeceflower Root Flowery Knotweed Root Climbing Knotwood Fo Ti Chinese Cornbind |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter Sweet Astringent |
Slightly Warm |
Liver Kidney (Heart) |
9-30g Tincture: 2-4ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys, nourishes the Blood and nourishes Jing (Zhi He Shou Wu) |
Blood Deficiency with dizziness, blurred vision, insomnia and premature graying of the hair Yin Deficiency with lower back and knee weakness and pain, soreness of the extremities, nocturnal emissions and insomnia Jing Deficiency |
Expels Wind from the skin by nourishing the Blood (Zhi He Shou Wu) |
Wind-Rash due to Blood Deficiency |
Moistens the Intestines and unblocks the bowels (Sheng He Shou Wu) |
Constipation due to Blood Deficiency |
Relieves Fire Toxin (Sheng He Shou Wu) |
Fire toxin carbuncles, sores, scrofula, goiter and neck lumps (Chuang Yung) |
Checks malarial disorders (Sheng He Shou Wu) |
Malarial disorders with Qi and Blood Deficiency |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Hb. Taxilli |
Hb Siegesbeckiae |
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Weak and sore back and knees, dizziness, blurred vision, spermatorrhea, vaginal discharge, and premature graying of hair due to Kidney and Liver Deficiency. |
Dizziness, blurred vision, and numbness of the extremities due to Liver Blood Deficiency. |
Dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, and achy, numb extremities due to Kidney and Liver Deficiency. |
Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
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Irregular menstruation and uterine bleeding from exhausted Liver and Kidneys. |
Itching due to Wind-Rash due to Blood Deficiency. |
Constipation due to dry Intestines from Blood Deficiency. |
Rx. Saposhnikoviae |
Spica Prunellae |
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Scrofula, abscesses, and other toxic swellings. |
Damp-Heat Wind toxin with pus pockets all over the body that seep yellow fluid. |
Scrofula. |
Rx. Ginseng |
Rx. Glycyrrhizae |
Turtle Blood |
Chronic malarial disorders and physical debility. |
Malaria. |
Chronic malarial disorder with Yin and Blood Deficiency with more fever than chills. |
Rx. Ginseng |
Hb. Taxilli |
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Longevity. |
Tonifies Kidney Yin and Liver Blood to nourish the sinews and bones and treat dizziness and blurred vision. Numbness of the extremities associated with Liver Blood Deficiency. |
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- It is commonly used because it tonifies and preserves and is not cold, drying or too cloying.
- It can be used singly as a longevity tonic.
- It counters the immune-supressing action of prednisone.
- It is one of the most famous tonics.
- It keeps hair black.
- Its astringent property prevents leakage of Jing.
- This herb is known for its restorative actions on the urogenital, muscular and nervous systems.
- Recently its successes treating chronic cerebral insufficiency conditions from sleep disorders to depression to schizophrenia have been noted.
- Unprepared Fleeceflower Root Sheng He Shou Wu is not tonifying, but discharging, moistening and dispersing treating malarial disorders, all types of sores and abscesses and constipation.
- Both He Shou Wu and Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang nourish Blood, enrich Yin and tonify the Kidneys and Liver. He Shou Wu primarily enters the Liver to adjust and tonify the Blood while secondarily enriching Kidney Yin and astringing Jing. Shu Di Huang enters the Kidneys to augment Jing and marrow and strongly tonify true Yin, while secondarily nourishing Blood and tonifying the Liver. Sheng Di Huang cools the Blood while Sheng He Shou Wu treats malarial disorders resolves toxicity and moistens the Intestines.
- Both He Shou Wu and Colla Corii Asini E Jiao nourish Blood. He Shou Wu enters the Liver, tonifying Blood to expel Wind and blackens the hair and beard, while E Jiao nourishes Blood, moistens Dryness, nourishes the Lungs and expels Heat.
- Fresh Fleeceflower Xian He Shou Wu root is similar to Sheng He Shou Wu, but stronger.