INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Herba et Radix Gei |
| Common English: | Yellow Avens |
Herbs that Warm the Middle
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Acrid Astringent |
Warm |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Eliminates pathogenic Wind, clears fever, relieves spasms and promotes urination |
Scrofula, furuncles, pyogenic infections, hematemesis, prolonged diarrhea, dysentery with bloody stools, metrorrhagia, metrostaxis, leukorrhea |
Warms the Middle Jiao, circulates Qi and stops pain |
Cold due to Wei Qi Deficiency, cough, abdominal pain due to Deficiency Cold, fractures |
Tonifies Qi, invigorates the mind and tonifies the Kidneys |
Dizziness, weak extremities, spermatorrhea, impotence, irregular menstruation |
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- This herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
- This herb is effective for invigorating the Mind.
- It contains a type of oil and bitter salt which warms up and reinforces the nerves, the Heart and Stomach and acts as a diaphoretic and diaphoretic.
- This herb stops pain associated with hernias.
- It is said to cure putrefactive and intermittent fevers.
- Patients with excessive Blood loss are advised to take this herb.