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Hei Zhi Ma, 1lb
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Black Sesame Seed is an herb that nourishes the liver and kidneys. It benefits essence and blood, and moistens the intestines.
Primary Actions and Uses
- Nourishes the liver and kidneys: For liver and kidney yin deficiency with blurred vision, tinnitus, dizziness, premature graying of hair, or lower back and knee weakness.
- Nourishes the blood and benefits essence: For blood deficiency with dizziness, pallor, or dry skin; also for deficiency of essence leading to weakness or infertility.
- Moistens and lubricates the intestines: For constipation due to dryness, especially in the elderly, postpartum women, or those with chronic yin or blood deficiency.
Context and Traditional Notes
- Sweet in taste and neutral in temperature; enters the Liver, Kidney, and Large Intestine channels. Classified in TCM as an herb that tonifies the yin.
- Also used in dietary therapy as a nutritive food that can be taken over the long term for gradual improvement in yin, blood, and essence.
- Frequently combined with other yin and blood tonics such as Gou Qi Zi and Shu Di Huang.
English Name: Semen Sesami Indici — Black Sesame Seed; Semen Sesami Nigrum
Unit Size: 1 pound
Potency: 1:1
Taste: Sweet
Properties: Neutral
Channels Entered: Liver, Kidney, Large Intestine
Actions: Nourishes the liver and kidneys; nourishes the blood; benefits essence; moistens the intestines
Pattern: Liver and kidney yin deficiency; blood deficiency; intestinal dryness
Materia Medica: Tonify Yin
Contraindications: Use with caution in those with loose stools or diarrhea from spleen deficiency
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