INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Cortex Acanthopanacis |
| Common English: | Acanthopanacis Root Bark Eleuthrococcus Root Bark Five Additions Root Bark |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Acrid Bitter |
Warm |
Kidney Liver |
4.5-15g Tincture: 2-4ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Dispels Wind-Dampness, nourishes (warms) Liver and Kidneys and strengthens sinews and bones |
Chronic Wind-Cold-Damp Bi with underlying Kidney and Liver Deficiencies generating weak or soft bones or sinews |
Transforms Dampness and reduces swelling |
Urinary difficulty, edema, and Cold Damp “Leg Qi” |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Cx. Eucommiae |
Rx. Clematidis |
Hb. Taxilli |
Eliminates pathogenic Wind, Dampness and Cold, strengthens the Liver and Kidneys to strengthen sinews and bones and treat low back and leg pain, aching of the feet and knees, restricted movement of the joints and weakness of the lower limbs due to Kidney and Liver Deficiencies which allows Wind-Damp- Cold to enter Hypertension in patients with Liver and Kidney Deficiencies |
Wind-Damp Bi causing muscle spasms and pain |
Long term illness causing Liver and Kidney Deficiencies and subsequently painful obstruction |
Hb. Taxilli |
Pyritum |
Per. Arecae |
Developmental delays in the motor functions of children |
Trauma, including fractures |
Mild superficial edema |
- This herb is good for old and weak patients. It is soaked in wine and used for low back pain, arthralgia, and difficulty walking.
- It is especially good when there is obstruction of the Qi and Blood flow.
- It is also useful for delays in the development of motor functions of children.
- Some sources say that this herb Invigorates the Blood and eliminates Blood Stasis.
- This herb is given when rheumatic or arthritic conditions appear together with underlying connective tissue weakness.
- The principle symptoms treated by this herb are joint pain due to Wind-Damp Bi and cramping and difficult movement of the sinews, but it is also useful for impotence, scrotal dampness, itching due to skin dampness, genital itching, Cold aching of the lower back and spine and developmental delay in those motor skills which allow a young child to take its first steps. it also promotes the flow of urine and used for edema at the skin level.
- Both Wu Jia Pi and Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng dispel wind-dampness, tonify the Liver and Kidneys and strengthen the sinews and bones. Sang Ji Sheng is neutral, more moistening, and milder in its ability to expel Wind- Dampness. It tonifies the Blood rather than the Yang of the Liver and Kidneys and is best at restoring Blood nourishment to the joints affected by Wind, Cold and Dampness. Wu Jia Pi is acrid, bitter and warm and primarily drives out pathogens. it also warms the Yang of the Liver and Kidneys.
- Sichuan Acanthopanacis Chuan Wu Jia Pi is warm acrid, quite gentle, harmonious and non-toxic. It is especially appropriate for medicinal liquor and is the substance used in Wu Jia Pi Liquor.