Botanical Name: lbiziae Cortex
Category: Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
Taste: Sweet
Temperature: Neutral
Channels Entered: Heart, Liver
Dosage: 6-15g
Key Characteristics:
- Relieves constraint
- Calms the spirit
- Regulates the qi
- Invigorates the blood
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Caution during pregnancy
Actions & Indications:
- Calms the spirit and relieves constraint: for bad temper, depression, insomnia, irritability, and poor memory due to constrained emotions.
- Harmonizes the blood, stops pain, and reconnects the sinews and bones: for pain and swelling due to trauma, including fractures. This function is very mild.
- Dissipates swellings and reduces abscesses: for the pain and swelling of abscesses, both external and internal.
