Tian Men Dong (Asparagus Tuber)

Herb 12 of 15 in Herbs that Tonify Yin

Channels:

KI, LU

Properties:

Sweet, Bitter, Very Cold

Latin:

Tuber Asparagi Cochinensis

Chinese:

天门冬

Tone Marks:

tiān mén dōng

Translation:

Lush Winter Aerial Plant

Chinese Herb Actions

• Tonifies Kidney Yin, Clears Lung Heat
  Treats dry mouth, fever, aversion to wind and cold, chest pain, and hemoptysis or blood streaked sputum. For dry cough, cough with scanty sticky sputum, or cough with blood streaked sputum and difficult to expectorate.
• Tonifies Lung Yin, Generates Fluids, Moistens Dryness
  For wasting and thirsting disorder. For thirst, muscle wasting, consumptive cough with blood streaked sputum, low grade or afternoon fevers, constipation, dry stools.

Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions

• Do not use in cases of diarrhea due to Middle Jiao Deficiency and Cold
• Do not use in cases of cough due to Wind-Cold

Herb-Drug Interactions

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Chinese Herb Toxicity & Overdose

• None Noted
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Chinese Herb Dosage

• 6-15 grams in decoction (Chen)
• 6-12 grams in decoction (Bensky)

This Herb Appears in the Following Formulas:

• Da Zao Wan (Great Creation Pill)
  Category: Formulas that Nourish and Tonify the Yin
• Sheng Tie Luo Yin (Iron Filings Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Sedate and Calm the Spirit
• Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan (Emperor of Heaven's Special Pill to Tonify the Heart)
  Category: Formulas that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
• Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang (Sedate the Liver and Extinguish Wind Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Extinguish Internal Wind