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Yuan Zhi
遠志
yuǎn zhì
, "promising will"
Category:
Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
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Alternate Names:
Name
Pin Yin
Chinese
Translated
Polygalae Radix
Tastes:
Acrid
,
Bitter
Dosage:
6-15g
Cautions:
Yin Xu with Heat signs, Caution with ulcers or gastritis
avoid use during Pregnancy
Meridians:
Lung
,
Heart
Preparation:
No preparation data at this time
Quality:
No quality data at this time
Reference Source:
"Extension of the Materia Medica" by Zhang Zhong-Jing, c1,100's
Notes:
No notes at this time
Formulas
(11)
dì huáng yǐn zǐ (Rehmannia Decoction)
dìng xián wán (Arrest Seizures Pill)
dìng zhì wán (Settle the Emotions Pill)
dìng zhì wàn (Settle the Emotions Pill from the Wondrous Lantern)
gù yīn jiān (Stabilize the Yin Decoction)
miào xiāng sǎn (Marvelously Fragrant Powder)
rén shēn yǎng yíng tāng (Ginseng Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi)
sāng piāo xiāo sǎn (Mantis Egg-Case powder)
shēng tiě luò yǐn (Iron Filings Decoction)
shí wèi wēn dǎn tāng (Ten-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder)
shí yī weì wēn dǎn tāng (Eleven-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder)
Family:
Polygalaceae
Alternate Names:
Pharmaceutical:
Radix Polygalae Tenuifoliae
Botanical:
Polygala Tenuifolia Willd., Polygala Sibirica L.
Japanese:
onji
Korean:
wonji
Common:
Chinese senega root; polygala
Temperature:
Slightly Warm
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Calms the Spirit and Quiets the Heart (for excessive brooding and pent-up emotions).
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Expels Phlegm and Clears the Heart Orifices and Expels Phlegm from the Lungs.
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Reduces abscesses and Dissipates swellings.
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Insomnia
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Palpitations
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Emotional and mental disorientation
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Swollen and painful breasts
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