Description

common name lindera root, spicebush root

property warm

flavour pungent

effects 1. To regulate qi and stop pain; 2. To warm the kidneys and dispel cold
meridian lung, spleen, kidney and urinary bladder
dosage 3-10 g

indications 1. Cold and qi stagnation: a) manifested as stifling
sensation in the chest and costal painlindera root (wuyao) is used
with trichosanthes fruit (gualou), curcuma root (yujin) and bitter
orange (zhiqiao); b) manifested as epigastric and abdominal distension
and painlindera root (wuyao) is used with costus root (muxiang);
c) manifested as painful swelling of testicles or scrotum, or hernia.
lindera root (wuyao) is used with fennel fruit (xiaohuixiang) and
green tangerine peel (qingpi) in the formula tiantai wuyao san;
d) manifested as dysmenorrhealindera root (wuyao) is used with
cyperus tuber (xiangfu), chinese angelica root (danggui) and chuanxiong
rhizome (chuanxiong).2. Kidney yang deficiency and deficiency
and cold of the urinary bladder manifested as frequent urination
and enuresis. Lindera root (wuyao) is used with bitter cardamom
(yizhiren) and dioscorea (shanyao) in the formula suoquan wan.

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