INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Fructus Viticis |
| Common English: | Vitex Fruit Chastetree Fruit Three-leaf Chastetree Fruit |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter Acrid |
Cool |
Bladder Liver Stomach |
6-12g Maximum dosage: 30g |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Disperses Wind and clears Heat |
Wind-Heat with headache or eye pain |
Dispels Wind-Heat in the Liver channel and clears and benefits the head and eyes |
Liver Channel Wind-Heat with excessive tearing, red, painful or swollen eyes or spots in front of the eyes Liver Yang Rising |
Drains Dampness, expels Wind and relieves pain |
Wind-Dampness in the limbs (auxiliary) with stiffness, numbness, cramping or heaviness |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Fr. Tribuli |
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Headache mainly focused around the eyes and dizziness due to Wind-Heat. Liver Fire Rising with red, sore eyes. |
Headache and dizziness due to Wind-Heat with a stronger effect. Eye disorders due to Wind-Heat Attacking the Liver channel. |
Eye disease, tinnitus, dizziness, and deafness due to Deficiency. |
Rx. Chuanxiong |
Rx. Paeoniae Alba |
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Wind-Damp headache, and generalized body, back and shoulder pain. |
Pain and spasms of the extremities due to Wind-Dampness. |
Soothes the Liver. |
Rx. Saposhnikoviae |
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Superficial Wind-Dampness with a heavy and painful head and generalized heaviness. |
Headache due to Wind-Heat. |
Headache, facial swelling and pain due to Wind-Heat. |
Flos Chrysanthemi |
Rx. Saposhnikoviae |
Rz. seu Rx. Notopterygii |
Frontal or migraine headache. |
Temporal headache due to Wind-Heat. |
Headache from Internal Wind due to Blood Deficiency. |
Hb. Schizonepetae |
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Eye disorders due to Wind-Cold. |
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- If it is given to Qi Deficient patient, it creates paranoia and agoraphobia (bladder energy imbalanced).
- It has a similar effect as aspirin.
- Usually used for upper body pains.
- It is particularly for Wind-Heat in the face and eyes but also useful for stiff painful joints from Wind-Damp Bi.
- This herb can also be used for swollen,painful gums and teeth.
- It is said to treat some parasites.
- Besides treating Wind-Damp Bi, it also treats cold bulging disorders and leg Qi.
- Many consider it the best herb for tinnitis and deafness.
- Man Jing Zi and Rz. Gastrodiae Tian Ma both treat headaches. Man Jing Zi treats headaches due to Wind-Heat, while Tian Ma treats headaches due to Internal Liver Wind.
- Unprepared Vitex Fruit Sheng Man Jing Zi has a stronger dispersing action and is indicated for expelling Wind-Heat, dispersing Wind and stopping pain.
- Dry-fried Vitex Fruit Chao Man Jing Zi is less acrid and dispersing but is better at clearing the head and eyes. It is used to treat headaches around the eyes, watery eyes or blurred vision. This is the form that is generally used.