Category
Drain Dampness
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Junci Medulla
English Name
Dosage
1.5-4.5g
Entering Channels
HT
Flavor
bland
Temperature
slightly cold
Pregnancy
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
Individual Essential Oils
Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
Cautions & Contraindications:
- None
Actions & Indications:
- Promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dribbling: for hot painful urinary dribbling or other heat disorders with dark, scanty urine.
- Clears the Heart and directs fire downward: moves heat from the Heart channel downward into the Small Intestine channel where it is expelled through the urine. Commonly used in childhood sleep disorders accompanied by dark, scanty urine and irritability, especially at night. Can be used alone for this purpose.
- Also used in adults for insomnia or restless sleep due to lack of communication between the Heart and the Kidneys (i.e., excessive Heart fire with Kidney yin deficiency).
- Clears Lung Heat: for throat inflammation.
