Category
Tonify the Yin
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Trionycis Carapax
English Name
Dosage
9-30g
Entering Channels
LV
Flavor
salty
Temperature
slightly cold
Pregnancy
Pregnancy - Contraindicated
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
Individual Essential Oils
Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
- Tonifies the yin, subdues the yang, clears heat from deficiency, softens areas of hardness, and disperses clumping.
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Contraindicated during pregnancy and in those with cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach.
Actions & Indications:
- Nourishes the yin and anchors the yang: for yin deficiency with fever, steaming bone disorder, nightsweats, or consumption. Often used when there are also symptoms of internal stirring of Liver wind.
- Invigorates the blood, promotes menstruation, and dissipates nodules: for such symptoms as chest and flank accumulations causing pain and amenorrhea, as well as malarial disorders with palpable masses. Also for excessive menstruation due to hot blood.
- Heavily anchors and causes to descend, unblocks and facilitates the functions of the blood vessels: for problems in children due to internal clumping.
