Category
Tonify the Yang
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Gecko
English Name
Dosage
3-6g
Entering Channels
LU
Flavor
salty
Temperature
neutral
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:
- Fortifies Kidney yang, tonifies the Lung qi, augments the essence, calms wheezing, and stops coughs.
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Contraindicated in those with cough or wheezing from either externally-contracted wind-cold or heat from excess.
Actions & Indications:
- Tonifies the Lung qi and assists the Kidney yang: for Kidney and Lung deficiency, when the Kidneys are unable to grasp the qi, manifesting as wheezing. Also used for consumptive cough or cough with blood-streaked sputum.
- Assists the Kidney yang and augments the essence and blood: for impotence, daybreak diarrhea, and urinary frequency from Kidney yang deficiency