INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Succinum |
| Common English: | Amber Pinus |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Sweet |
Neutral |
Bladder Heart Liver (Small Intestine) |
Powder or Pill: 1.5-3g Do not decoct or calcine |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Stops tremors and palpitations and calms the Spirit |
Shen disturbance with palpitations with anxiety, excessive dreams, insomnia, forgetfulness, and seizures Childhood convulsions and seizures due to Heart Blood Deficiency with Internal Wind |
Invigorates the Blood, dissipates Stasis and unblocks the menses |
Amenorrhea or pain associated with palpable immobile masses due to Blood Stasis (can be used alone for this) Coronary artery disease |
Promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction |
Urinary retention or painful urinary dysfunction (especially bloody urine) |
Reduces swelling and promotes healing (topical) |
Sores, carbuncles, and skin ulcerations Swelling and pain of the scrotum or vulva |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
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Rx. Polygalae |
Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae |
Concretio Silicea Bambusae |
Emotional distress, anxiety with palpitations, forgetfulness, and insomnia |
Palpitations with anxiety and insomnia due to Blood Deficiency |
Childhood convulsions and insomnia due to Heat |
Cinnabaris |
Rz. Sparganii |
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Childhood convulsions and insomnia |
Seizures |
Palpable, immobile masses, and pain due to Blood Stasis. |
Rx. Notoginseng
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Dysmenorrhea or amenorrhea due to Blood Stasis |
Chest Bi Coronary Heart disease Blood Stagnation causing angina |
Retained lochia |
Spora Lygodii |
Spora Lygodii |
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Bloody Lin Urinary retention, as in renal or urinary calculi |
Bloody Lin Stone Lin |
Edema with urinary dysfunction |
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae |
Margarita |
Realgar |
Generalized edema with urinary dysfunction due to Spleen and Kidney Deficiency Cold |
Sores that ulcerate yet do not heal for a long time |
Topically to aid venting and expulsion of toxin for abscess on the back |
Sm. Momordicae |
Rx. Ginseng |
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Topically for scrofula |
Superficial visual obstruction |
Restlessness, insomnia, and palpitations |
Cinnabaris |
Carapax Trionycis |
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Epilepsy or trance |
Amenorrhea Postpartum bleeding due to Qi and Blood Stagnation |
Traumatic injury to the scrotum |
Medulla Junci |
Spora Lygodii |
Caul. Akebiae |
Hematemesis |
Urinary stones |
Burning dysuria |
- This is the fossilized resin of a species of pine tree which is now extinct.
- The name is from the legend that when a tiger dies its soul enters the earth and is transmuted into amber.
- This herb is useful as a sedative especially with convulsions or muscle spasms.
- This herb can be used alone for Blood Stagnation in the Lower Jiao. Take 0.9g internally twice a day for nine to ten days.
- This herb can be used alone in powder form for Kidney stones with hematuria.
- Some sources say that this herb subdues fright and stops astonishment.
- Some sources say that this herb stops bleeding.
- Both Hu Po and Poria Fu Ling calm the Spirit, facilitate urination and treat disorders of the Spirit. Hu Po enters the Blood level with a tendency to drain and is most appropriate when ascendant Yang or overabundant Fire disturbs the Heart. It transforms Stagnation and unblocks the orifices to treat painful urinary dysfunction associated with Bladder Damp-Heat or Blood Stagnation with scanty, painful and bloody urination. Fu Ling enters the Qi level with a tendency to tonify and is most appropriate and is most appropriate when the Heart lacks nourishment or pathogenic water disturbs the Heart. It augments the Qi and leaches out Dampness to treat Qi Deficiency failing to transform the fluids, leading to edema and scanty urine.