Category
Anchor
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Fluoritum
English Name
Dosage
9-15g
Entering Channels
HT
Flavor
sweet
Temperature
warm
Pregnancy
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
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Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
- Calms the spirit
- Nourishes Liver blood
- Warms the Penetrating vessel, Conception vessel, and Womb
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Contraindicated in those with fire from yin deficiency.
Actions & Indications:
- Sedates the Heart and settles tremors and palpitations: for disorientation, insomnia, palpitations with anxiety, or convulsions due to either Heart blood deficiency or ascendant Liver yang.
- Warms the Lungs and directs the qi downward: for cough or wheezing due to cold from deficiency of the Lungs. Used for wheezing with copious sputum.
- Warms the Womb while warming and unblocking the Penetrating and Conception vessels: for excessive menstruation, uterine bleeding, or infertility due to cold from deficiency of the Womb.