Properties & Channels

Drug Interactions

Incompatible Herbs

Toxic or Endangered

Latin Name Notes

Yuan Zhi (Chinese Senega Root)

Channels: HT, LU, LIV Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Slightly Warm Latin Name: Radix Polygalae Tenuifoliae

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Contraindications and Cautions

Herb-Drug Interactions

Toxicity and Overdose

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This Herb Appears in the Following Formulas:

• Di Huang Yin Zi (Rehmannia Decoction)
  Formulas that Extinguish Internal Wind
• Ding Xian Wan (Arrest Seizures Pill)
  Formulas that Transform Phlegm and Extinguish Wind
• Ding Zhi Wan (Settle the Emotions Pill)
  Formulas that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
• Gui Pi Tang (Restore the Spleen Decoction)
  Formulas that Tonify the Qi and Blood
• Sang Piao Xiao San (Mantis Egg Case Powder)
  Formulas that Stabilize the Kidneys
• Sheng Tie Luo Yin (Iron Filings Decoction)
  Formulas that Sedate and Calm the Spirit
• Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan (Emperor of Heaven's Special Pill to Tonify the Heart)
  Formulas that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
  

References

Herbs

• 13. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (Revised Edition)
  - Dan Bensky
• 25. Lancet 2000 January 8;355(9198):134-138 (Article)
  - Fugh-Berman A.
• 17. Handbook of Chinese Herbs (Second Edition)
  - Him Che. Yeung
• 12. Chinese Medical Herbology and Pharmacology (First Edition)
  - John K. Chen, Tina T. Chen
• 26. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals (Third Edition)
  - Max Wichtl

Formulas

• 15. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas and Strategies (First Edition)
  - Dan Bensky
• 18. Handbook of Chinese Herbal Formulas (First Edition)
  - Him Che. Yeung
• 16. The Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula Study Guide (First Edition)
  - Qiao Yi

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