INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati |
| Common English: | Scented Solomon’s Seal Rhizome Fragrant Solomon's Seal Root Polygonatum |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Sweet |
Slightly Cold (Neutral) |
Lung Stomach (Heart) (Liver) (Yin Wei) |
6-30g Tincture: 1-4ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, moistens the Lungs, nourishes the Stomach and generates fluids |
Lung Yin Deficiency with cough, dry throat, irritability and thirst Lung and Stomach Dry Heat Stomach Yin Deficiency Steaming Bone Disorder Wasting and thirsting with intense hunger and constipation |
Extinguishes Wind and softens and moistens the sinews |
Internal Wind generated by insufficient fluids with pain and spasms in the sinews Dizziness due to Yin Deficiency and Internal Stirring of Wind External Wind-Heat with Yin Deficient constitution |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Rx. Adenophorae/Glehniae |
Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Dry cough, thirst, and other symptoms associated with injured fluids due to Lung and Stomach Yin Deficiency. Qi Level or Yang Ming Stage pathogenic diseases with profuse sweating - particularly if purging was used previously. |
Blazing Heat in the Lungs that has injured Lung Yin and led to Phlegm-Heat with coughing. |
Depleted Stomach Yin and fluids with irritability, thirst, a bright red tongue and dry mouth. |
Rx. Cynanchi Atrati |
Rx. Codonopsis |
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Externally contracted Wind-Heat with Yin Deficient constitutions. |
Painful obstruction of the chest in cases with both Yin and Qi Deficiency. |
Fevers due to both Qi and Yin Deficiency with emaciation, lethargy and increased sweating both day and night. |
Sm. Coicis |
Rx. Adenophorae |
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Dry cough with thick, viscous sputum and Lung abscess. |
Resolves cysts. |
Dry cough. |
Fol. Mori |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii |
Lung Dryness and Cold. |
Chronic cough with relatively more Deficiency Heat. |
Chronic cough with relatively more Yin Deficiency. |
Rx. Adenophorae/Glehniae |
Hb. Menthae |
Rx. Trichosanthis |
Stomach Yin Deficiency. |
Yin Deficiency with Exterior Wind-Heat. |
Xiao Ke syndrome. (wasting and thirsting - diabetes) |
Tub. Ophiopogonis |
Gypsum Fibrosum |
Rz. Anemarrhenae |
Upper Xiao Ke with polydipsia. |
Middle Xiao Ke with polyphagia. |
Lower Xiao Ke with polyuria. |
- Because this herb is neither cloying nor tends to retain pathogenic influences, it is used in treating patients with Yin Deficient constitution in cases of externally contracted Wind-Heat.
- It treats consumptive diseases with Dryness.
- Both Yu Zhu and Rx. Glehniae/Adenophorae Sha Shen enter the Lungs and Stomach and both nourish Yin and generate fluids. Yu Zhu has a slower, more harmonious action that requires a higher dosage, while Sha Shen is more cooling.
- Both Yu Zhu and Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing nourish the Lungs and Stomach. Yu Zhu more strongly tonifies Stomach Yin, while Huang Jing more strongly tonifies Kidney Yin.
- Processed Solomon's Seal Zhi Yu Zhu is able to tonify the Qi of the Middle Jiao. It is appropriate for injured fluids in later stages of warm febrile disease and for consumptive diseases.
- Dry-fried Solomon's Seal Chao Yu Zhu nourishes Yin without being cloying, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Stomach.
- This herb is emerging as a superlative cardiovascular remedy. It relaxes the nervous and cardiovascular systems.
- This herb should be used when Yin Deficiency conditions involve stress, emotional disturbances or spasms of the limbs.
- It has a reputation for dissolving cysts, especially when combined with Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang or Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang.