Properties: SWEET - WARM Dosage: 6 – 15g.
Longnan Fruit Flesh Meridian: HEART, SPLEEN
-tonify heart and spleen – nourish blood, calm spirit, insomnia, palpitations, poor memory, vertigo
Category Archives: Tonic Herbs
E Jiao
Properties: SWEET – NEURTRAL Dosage: 3-15g.
Ass-Hide Meridian: LIVER, LUNG, KIDNEY
Glue -tonify blood – blood deficiency
-stops bleeding
-nourish/moisten Yin – dry lung – consumption (xiao ke)
Bai Shao
Properties: BITTER, SOUR – COOL Dosage: 6-15g.
White Peony Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN
Root -nourish blood – regulates menses due to blood deficiency
-calms liver Yang – alleviates pain
-preserves Yin – adjusts Ying & Wei levels
Dang Gui
Properties: SWEET, BITTER, ACRID – WARM Dosage: 6-18g.
Chinese Meridian: LIVER, LUNG, KIDNEY
Angelica Root -tonifies blood – regulates menses due to blood deficiency
-invigorates/harmonize blood – disperse cold – alleviate pain
-moistens intestines – unblocks bowels
-reduce swellings – expel pus – generate flesh
He Shou Wu
Properties: BITTER, SWEET, ASTRINGENT – WARM Dosage: 9-30g.
Fleeceflower Meridian: LIVER, LUNG, KIDNEY
Root -nourish blood – tonifies liver & kidney – Yin/blood deficiency
Polygonum -relieves toxic fire – carbuncles, sores, scrofula, neck lumps
Hosuwu -moistens intestines – unblocks bowels
-expels wind from skin – skin rash
-malaria
Shu Di Huang
Properties: SWEET – WARM Dosage: 9-30g.
Rehmannia Meridian: HEART, KIDNEY, LIVER
Chinese -tonify blood – nourish Yin
Fox Glove -nourish blood – enriches essence
Blood Tonic Herbs
Shu Di Huang Properties: SWEET – WARM Dosage: 9-30g.
Rehmannia Meridian: HEART, KIDNEY, LIVER
Chinese -tonify blood – nourish Yin
Fox Glove -nourish blood – enriches essence
He Shou Wu Properties: BITTER, SWEET, ASTRINGENT – WARM Dosage: 9-30g.
Fleeceflower Meridian: LIVER, LUNG, KIDNEY
Root -nourish blood – tonifies liver & kidney – Yin/blood deficiency
Polygonum -relieves toxic fire – carbuncles, sores, scrofula, neck lumps
Hosuwu -moistens intestines – unblocks bowels
-expels wind from skin – skin rash
-malaria
Dang Gui Properties: SWEET, BITTER, ACRID – WARM Dosage: 6-18g.
Chinese Meridian: LIVER, LUNG, KIDNEY
Angelica Root -tonifies blood – regulates menses due to blood deficiency
-invigorates/harmonize blood – disperse cold – alleviate pain
-moistens intestines – unblocks bowels
-reduce swellings – expel pus – generate flesh
Bai Shao Yao Properties: BITTER, SOUR – COOL Dosage: 6-15g.
White Peony Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN
Root -nourish blood – regulates menses due to blood deficiency
-calms liver Yang – alleviates pain
-preserves Yin – adjusts Ying & Wei levels
E Jiao Properties: SWEET – NEURTRAL Dosage: 3-15g.
Ass-Hide Meridian: LIVER, LUNG, KIDNEY
Glue -tonify blood – blood deficiency
-stops bleeding
-nourish/moisten Yin – dry lung – consumption (xiao ke)
Long Yan Rou Properties: SWEET - WARM Dosage: 6 – 15g.
Longnan Fruit Flesh Meridian: HEART, SPLEEN
-tonify heart and spleen – nourish blood, calm spirit, insomnia, palpitations, poor memory, vertigo