INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Fructus Alpiniae Oxyphyllae
Common English:	Alpinia Fruit Black Cardamon Bitter-seeded Cardamon Sharp-Leaf Galangal Berry

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Acrid	Warm	Kidney Spleen	3-10g Tincture: 2-4ml

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Warms the Kidneys and astringes Jing and urine

Frequent and copious urination, urinary incontinence and spermatorrhea or dribbling of urine due to Kidney Yang Deficiency

Kidney Jing not Consolidated

Irregular uterine bleeding

Warms the Spleen, increases the appetite and
stops diarrhea and salivation

Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency with diarrhea, Cold abdominal pain, excessive salivation and a thick, unpleasant taste in the mouth

Abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea from Cold entering the Spleen and Kidneys

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Contraindicated for those with spermatorrhea, frequent urination, vomiting, diarrhea or vaginal discharge due to Heat.
Contraindicated for those with Blood Dryness from Fire.
Contraindicated for those with Yin Deficiency Fire.
Do not use alone.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Rx. Linderae Wu Yao Rz. Dioscoreae Shan *Yao*	Fr. Amomi Sha Ren	Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi *Ban Xia* Poria Fu Ling
Urinary incontinence, or frequency due to Kidney and Spleen Yang Deficiency.	Diarrhea with abdominal distention. Uterine bleeding during pregnancy.	Vomiting, diarrhea, Cold and pain in the abdomen, decreased appetite and excessive salivation from a Cold Deficient Spleen and Stomach.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang	Rz. Dioscoreae Shan *Yao*	Rx. Linderae Wu Yao
Abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea from Cold entering the Spleen and Kidneys.	Prevents development of Heat from Deficiency as a side effect.	Warms and contains the Kidney Qi so that it returns to its source. Secures the urine to treat Lower Jiao Deficiency Cold with incontinence, urinary frequency or urinary dribbling. (worse in the presence of Cold)
Rz. Dioscoreae Shan *Yao* Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen	Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu Poria Fu Ling Fr. Chebulae He Zi Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi	Flos Caryophylli Ding Xiang Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu
Spleen Qi and Yang Deficiency.	Profuse salivation, especially at night.	Vomiting of clear fluids.
Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu Rz. Dioscoreae Shan *Yao*	Fr. Amomi Sha Ren Salt Grain-Based Liquor
Diarrhea with Qi Deficiency.	Uterine bleeding.

Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Yi Zhi Ren is used for excessive salivation and a thick, unpleasant taste in the mouth due to Cold while Hb. Eupatorii Pei Lan is used for the same symptoms due to Heat.
It can be used alone as a powder for uterine bleeding.
It is often used with Ootheca Mantidis Sang Piao Xiao.
This herb was traditionally used to enhance intelligence and mental faculties.
Both Yi Zhi Ren and Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi tonify the Spleen and Kidneys, fortify Yang, stop diarrhea, astringe Jing and urine and are commonly used to treat Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency. Bu Gu Zhi Primarily warms the Kidneys thereby indirectly warms the Spleen Yang. It treats chronic diarrhea and cock-crow diarrhea due to Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency. It also treats lower back pain. Yi Zhi Ren more strongly warms Spleen Yang, and secondarily warms the Kidneys to treat diarrhea associated with with the exposure of the Spleen and Stomach to Cold. it also treats uterine bleeding.
Salt-prepared Alpinia Yan Yi Zhi Ren has reduced acrid and drying properties and directly enters the Lower Jiao to astringe Jing and urine. It is often used to treat Kidney Yang Deficiency with spermatorrhea, nocturnal emissions, incontinence, terminal dribbling and nocturia.