Du Zhong
杜仲 dù zhòng

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Tonifying Herbs

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Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Sweet , Slightly Acrid		Dosage: 9-15g

	Cautions: Contraindicated in those with heat from yin deficiency. avoid use during Pregnancy		Meridians: Liver , Kidney
	Preparation: No preparation data at this time		Quality: Consists of thick bark with a purplish brown inner surface. When broken, the parts are still connected by many fine, elastic threads.
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (11) dà bǔ yúan jiàn (Great Tonify the Basal Decoction) dà fáng fēng tāng (Major Ledebouriella Decoction) dà zào wán (Great Creation Pill) dāng guī dì huáng yǐn (Tangkuei and Rehmannia Decoction) dú huó jì shēng tāng (Angelica Pubescens and Sang-Ji-Sheng Decoction) jiā wèi sì wù tāng (Augmented Four Substance Decoction) sān bì tāng (Three Painful Obstruction Decoction) tiān má gōu téng yǐn (Gastrodia and Uncaria Decoction) yòu guī wán (Restore the Right (Kidney) Pill) yòu guī yǐn (Restore the Right Kidney Decoction) zàn yù dān (Special Pill to Aid Fertility)

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Eucommiae Cortex

Botanical:

Japanese: tochū

Korean: duchung

Common: eucommia bark

Temperature: Warm

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