Category
Stabilize & Bind
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Corni Fructus
English Name
Dosage
6-12g
Entering Channels
KD
Flavor
sour
Temperature
sl. warm
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:
- Augments the Liver and Kidneys
- Secures the primal qi and prevents abandonment
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Contraindicated in cases with urinary pain and difficulty, or where there is damp heat. Ā
Actions & Indications:
- Stabilizes the Kidneys and secures the essence: for leakage of fluids due to weak essence with symptoms such as urinary frequency, incontinence, spermatorrhea, and excessive sweating.
- Stops excessive sweating and supports that which has collapsed: for excessive sweating, especially in cases of devastated yang and collapsed qi, as in shock. Also used when sweating was mistakenly induced as a treatment.
- Tonifies and aguments the Liver and Kidneys: for Liver and Kidney deficiency with such symptoms as lightheadedness, dizziness, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, or impotence. This herb both tonifies the essence and assists the yang.
- Stabilizes the menses and stops bleeding: for deficiency patterns of excessive uterine bleeding and prolonged menstruation. This has only a weak effect on the bleeding.
