1. Augments KD, preserves LU Qi, stops cough
2. Astringes sweat, generates fluids
3. Retains essence, stops diarrhea
4. Benefits HT, calms shen

What are the applications of Shan Zhu Yu (Cherry Fruit)?

1. LV/KD Deficiency
2. KD Deficiency in securing (incontinence, frequency, spermatorrhea)
3. LV/KD Deficiency with instability of Chong/Ren (heavy or prolonged menses)

Long Gu - crush first, then cook 20-30 minutes before adding other herbs

Mu Li - cook 20-30 minutes before adding other herbs

1. Arrests fright, calms shen
2. Invigorates blood, removes stasis
3. Promotes urination, relieves and stops bleeding strangury

As a pill or powder.

Never a decoction.

1. Nourishes Yin and Blood in HT and LV
2. Calms Shen
3. Astringes sweating

1. Both nourish HT and calm shen.
2. Bai Zi Ren enters KD and LI, Suan Zao Ren does not.
3. Bai Zi Ren harmonizes KD and HT, Suan Zao Ren does not.
4. Bai Zi Ren moistens intestines and relaxes bowels, Suan Zao Ren does not.

1. Calms Shen, quiets the HT
2. Expels phlegm, stops cough, unblocks HT orifices
3. Resolves abscesses, reduces swelling

1. Insomnia, palpitations with anxiety, restlessness & disorientation
2. Forgetfulness due to HT/KD disharmony
3. Phlegm misting the portals of the HT
4. Applied topically or taken with wine for boils, abscesses, swollen painful breasts

1. Anchors LV Yang, settles fright, clams Shen
2. Nourishes KD, benefits LV Yin
3. Improves hearing/vision
4. Aids the KD in grasping Qi

1. Open orifices
2. Strongly expels phlegm
3. Dissipates depression
4. Stops pain

1. Treats heat leading to eye problems with HA, red, swollen eyes, superficial visual obstructions, and sores in mouth.
2. Treats impaired consciousness, fainting and convulsions.

1. Most often used for childhood convulsions, seizure disorders, stubborn high fevers with stirring wind due to intense heat.
2. Dizziness, vertigo and splitting HA due to LV Yang Rising (HTN)
3. HA, red, swollen eyes and photophobia due to LV Fire.
4. High fever, delirium, mania, loss of consciousness due to heat entering PC
5. Wind Damp Heat Bi

1. LV/KD Deficiency
2. KD Deficiency in securing: incontinence, spermatorrhea, urinary frequency
3. LV/KD Deficiency with instability of Chong/Ren: heavy and prolonged menses
4. Profuse sweating in deficient patterns, esp. shock

1. Both nut and leaf are slightly toxic.
2. Not for high dose or long term use.
3. Heating, removing outer testa, thin skin below and embryo all reduce toxicity.
4. Roasting the seeds, then decocting them reduces toxicity.

1. Spontaneous sweating due to Qi ↓.
2. Night sweats due to Yin deficiency.
3. Bone steaming heat due to Yin ↓.

Used strictly for stopping sweating due to

Qi ↓, Yin ↓ or Postpartum sweating.

1. Long Gu enters HT, KD, and LV; Mu Li enters only KD and LV.
2. Both are general tranquilizers, settling fright and calming Shen.
3. Both astringe leakages and stop bleeding.
4. Long Gu is used topically to engender flesh and close sores.
5. Mu Li is used for phlegm nodules and fire stagnation (Scrofula, Goiter)
6. Mu Li is used in calcined form for xs ST pain and sour taste in mouth.

1. Disperses LV constraint and calms Shen
2. Invigorates blood, reduces swelling and relieves pain.

1. Nourishes HT blood, calms Shen
2. Dispels wind, relieves itching, unblocks channels

1. Use caution in pregnancy
2. Yin deficiency with heat
3. HTN or compromised KD function

Not for long term use.

Pregnancy or Qi/Blood Deficiency patterns.

Do not expose to heat.

1. HA, dizziness, red eyes due to LV Yang Rising
2. Photophobia, pterygium or other superfical visual obstructions with red eyes and blurred vision due to heat.

1. Single most important herb for dizziness due to internal wind
2. HA, dizziness, childhood convulsions, epilepsy, tonic-clonic spasms, opisthotonos
3. HA, dizziness, migraines due to wind-phlegm
4. Apoplexy due to hemiplegia, dizziness, numbness
5. Pain and numbness of lower back and extremities due to wind damp bi.

1. Extinguishes wind, expels phlegm and relieves spasms and convulsions
2. Dispels exterior wind and stops pain and itching
3. Transforms phlegm and dissipates nodules

1. Drains heat, calms LV, anchors LV Yang
2. Stops spasms, convulsions
3. Clears LU heat, expels phlegm, stops wheezing
4. Clears heat, promotes urination
5. Relieves swelling and pain, promotes flesh generation

1. Extremely high fever leading to changes in consciousness, incoherent speech, convulsions, seizures
2. Wheezing due to LU heat
3. Hot painful urinary dribbling
4. Swollen painful joints with decreased motion/hemiplegia due to lack of flow in channels
5. LV Yang HTN (recent)

1. Extinguishes wind, transforms phlegm, resolves tetany
2. Unblocks collaterals and relieves pain
3. Strongly expels toxins, dissipates nodules

1. Spasms, acute or chronic childhood convulsions, tetany, opisthotonos, tics, muscular tetany, seizures
2. Stubborn HA and painful obstruction
3. Topically for toxic sores, swellings and scrofula

This is a toxic substance.

1. Do not use during normal pregnancy
2. Use caution with HTN or compromised KD function

1. Tonifies SP, stops diarrhea
2. Tonifies SP, clears leucorrhea
3. Strengthens KD, secures essence
4. Nourishes HT, calm Shen

1. SP Qi Deficiency:  chronic diarrhea, loss of appetite
2. KD Deficiency: premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea, xs uterine bleeding, vaginal discharge due to KD ↓
3. SP/HT Deficiency
4. HT/KD Disharmony: palpitations with anxiety, irritability, insomnia

1. Both tonify SP and stop diarrhea
2. Both strengthen KD and secure essence
3. Both reduce leucorrhea
4. Both are used for SP/KD Deficiency
5. Only Lian Zi enters the HT and calms Shen

1. Astringes essence, binds vaginal discharge
2. Stops bleeding by astringing
3. Controls acidity and relieves epigastric pain, softens hardness
4. Resolves dampness, reduces exudation, promotes healing

1. Hai Piao Xiao enter KD, LV, and ST; Sang Piao Xiao enters only KD, LV
2. Hai Piao Xiao stops bleeding, leucorrhea and can be used topically to stop bleeding from trauma.  Sang Piao is not used to stop bleeding
3. Sang Piao Xiao restrains urine, Hai Piao Xiao does not
4. Sang Piao Xiao tonifies KD and nourishes Yang, Hai Piao Xiao does not
5. Hai Piao Xiao stops ST pain, belching acid regurgitation
6. Hai Piao Xiao is salty, astringent, slightly warm; Sang Piao Xiao is sweet, salty neutral

1. Retains leakage of LU Qi, stops cough
2. Astringes intestines, stops diarrhea
3. Quenches thirst
4. Calms roundworms, relieves pain, stops vomiting
5. Astringes and stops bleeding

1. Calms LV and anchors Yang
2. Strongly directs counterflow Qi downward
3. Cools blood and stops bleeding

1. Urinary pain and difficulty
2. Damp Heat

1. Incessant, chronic diarrhea, including hemafecia
2. Thirst due to Heat from deficiency or Qi and Yin deficiency and wasting thirst

1. Suan Zao Ren (Sour Jujube)
2. Bai Zi Ren (Biota Seed)
3. Yuan Zhi (Chinese Senega Root)
4. He Huan Pi (Mimosa Tree Bark)
5. Ye Jiao Teng (Fleeceflower Vine)
6. Ling Zhi (Ganoderma)

1. Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra)
2. Bai Guo  (Gingko Nut)
3. Wu Mei (Mume Fruit)
4. Chun Pi (Ailanthus Bark)
5. Rou Dou Kou (Nutmeg Seeds)
6. He Zi (Chebula)

1. She Xiang (Musk Deer Secretions)
2. Su He Xiang (Styrax/Rose Maloes)
3. Bing Pian (Borneol)
4. Niu Huang (Cattle Gallstone)
5. Shi Chang Pu (Sweetflag Rhizome)
6. An Xi Xiang (Benzoin)

Sang Piao Xiao (Mantis Egg Case)

Qian Shi (Euryales Seed)