Zhi Mu
知母 zhī mǔ, "know about mother"

Category:

Clear Heat

Clear Heat and Drain Fire

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

Alternate Names:

Name	Pin Yin	Chinese	Translated
Jiu Chao Zhi Mu	jǐu chǎo zhī mǔ	酒炒知母

	Tastes: Sweet , Bitter		Dosage: 6-12g

	Cautions: Contraindicated in cases of Cold from Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach or diarrhea		Meridians: Lung , Kidney , Stomach
	Preparation: • Dry-fried • Honey-prepared • Vinegar-fried • Salt-fried • Wine-fried		Quality: Good quality - large rhizomes with a compact and soft texture; the cross section is yellowish-white with a slightly greenish tinge
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (30) bái hǔ chéng qì tāng (White Tiger and Order the Qi Decoction) bái hǔ jiā cāng zhú tāng (White Tiger plus Atractylodis Decoction) bái hǔ jiā guì zhī tāng (White Tiger plus Cinnamon Twig Decoction) bái hǔ jiā rén shēn tāng (White Tiger plus Ginseng Decoction) bái hǔ tāng (White Tiger Decoction) chái hú bái hǔ tāng (Bupleurum White Tiger Decoction) chái hú qīng zào tāng (Bupleurum Decoction to Clear Dryness) dà qiāng huó tāng (Major Notopterygium Decoction) dá yuán yǐn (Reach the Membrane Source Decoction) dì gǔ pí yǐn (Lycium Root Bark Decoction) èr mǔ sǎn (Fritillaria and Anemarrhena Powder) èr xiān tāng (Two-Immortal Decoction) huà bān tāng (Transform Blotches Decoction) jiā wèi sì wù tāng (Augmented Four Substance Decoction) líng xī bái hǔ tāng (White Tiger with Antelope and Rhinoceros) qín jiāo biē jiǎ sǎn (Gentiana Qinjiao and Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Powder) qīng gǔ sǎn (Cool the Bones Powder) qīng shǔ yì qì tāng (Clear Summer-heat and Augment the Qi Decoction) qīng wēn bài dù yǐn (Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxin Decoction) rén shēn gé jiè sǎn (Ginseng and Gecko Powder) rén shēn huáng qí sǎn (Ginseng and Astragalus Powder) shēng xiàn tāng (Raise the Sinking Decoction) suān zǎo rén tāng (Sour Jujube Decoction) xiāo fēng sǎn (Eliminate Wind Powder) yī wù chái gé jiě jī tāng (Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction To Release the Muscle Layer ) yù nǔ jiān (Jade Woman Decoction) yù yè tāng (Jade Fluid Decoction) zhèn nì bái hǔ tāng (White Tiger Decoction to Suppress Rebellion) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo wán (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Pill) zī shèn tōng guān wán (Enrich the Kidneys and Open the Gates Pill)

Family:

Anemarrhenaceae

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Asphodeloidis

Botanical: Anemarrhena Aspheloides Bge.

Japanese: chimo

Korean: jimo

Common: anemarrhena rhizome

Temperature: Cold

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Clears heat and drains fire add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Ameliorates the dryness of tonifying or warming substances add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Enriches yin and moistens dryness add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Yin Deficiency Heat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Irritability add comment

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	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Steaming bone disorder add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Five center heat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Bleeding gums add comment

Zhi Mu知母 zhī mǔ, "know about mother"

Zhi Mu
知母 zhī mǔ, "know about mother"