INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Semen Juglandis
Common English:	Walnut English Walnut Persian Walnut

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet	Warm	Kidney Large Intestine Lung	9-30g Tincture: 2-4ml

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
*Tonifies the Kidneys, replenishes Jing* and** strengthens the back and knees	Kidney Yang Deficiency with a Cold and painful back and knees and urinary frequency Kidney Jing Deficiency
Warms and astringes the Lungs, resolves cold Phlegm, arrests wheezing and helps the Kidneys grasp Qi	Lung and Kidney Deficiencies with chronic cough and wheezing that worsens with any exertion Kidney unable to grasp Lung Qi
Moistens the Intestines and unblocks the bowels	Constipation from Deficient Fluids and Blood Constipation in the elderly Constipation due to injured Fluids following a febrile disorder

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Hu Tao Ren has anticoagulant and thrombolytic effects and should be used with caution in patients who take anticoagulant or antiplatelet medication such as warfarin (Coumadin), heparin, enoxaparin (Lovenox), aspirin, dipyridamole (Persantine) and clopidogrel (Plavix)

Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi or Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong Rx. Dipsaci Xu Duan	Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi Hb. Lysimachiae/ Desmodii Jin Qian Cao Spora Lygodii Hai Jin Sha	Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen Gecko Ge Jie
Low back and knee pain and weakness in the legs from Kidney Deficiency.	Back pain associated with Kidney stones.	Wheezing from Deficient Lungs and Kidneys.
Mel Feng Mi	Mel Feng Mi Hb. Epimedii Yin Yang Huo	Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui (Sm. Cannabis) (Huo Ma Ren) Hb. Cistanches Rou Cong Rong
Chronic cough due to Deficiency Cold. Chronic cough and dyspnea.	Concurrent lower back pain and weak legs from Wind-Damp Bi.	Constipation due to insufficient fluids in the Large Intestine.
Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi	Rx. Polygoni Multiflori He Shou Wu Fr. Ligustri Lucidi Nu Zhen Zi Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui	Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi
Low back pain with premature ejaculation, coughing and wheezing due to Kidney Yang Deficiency. Fortifies Kidney Yang to help it grasp the Qi in treating coughs and wheezing, strengthens the sinews and bones and treats aching of the lower back and knees, impotence and premature ejaculation due to Lower Jiao Cold.	Prematurely gray hair.	Blurred vision.
Hb. Epimedii Yin Yang Huo	Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui Colla Corii Asini E Jiao Hb. Cistanches Rou Cong Rong
Arthritis.	Chronic constipation.

This herb is prescribed when both Kidneys and Lung are involved.
This herb is gentle and generally serves as an assistant.
One sources says that Walnuts can tonify the Qi, nourish the Blood, moisten Dryness, transform Phlegm, augment the Ming Men, facilitate the San Jiao, warm the Lungs, and moisten the Intestines to treat coughs due to Deficiency Cold and heavy pain in the low back and feet.
One source says that this herb enriches and tonifies the Liver and Kidneys and strengthens sinews and bones. It stabilizes the teeth and blackens the hair.