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Hu Zhang - Certified Organic, 1lb

Hu Zhang - Certified Organic, 1lb

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Cuspidatum Rhizoma invigorates the blood, dispels stasis, unblocks the channels, and stops pain;Clears heat and resolves dampness;Clears heat and resolves toxicity;Drains heat downward, transforms phlegm, and stops coughs


Bitter and cold, Polygoni cuspidati Rhizoma (hu zhang) enters the Liver, Gallbladder, and Lung channels. Records of its clinical use over the centuries depict a growing appreciation for its wide range of clinical actions, which can be summed up as follows: invigorates the blood, breaks up stasis, expels pathogenic wind, eliminates dampness, cools heat, and resolves toxicity. Most recently, its ability to transform phlegm and stop coughs has received significant attention.* (from Chinese Herbal Medicine Materica Medica, 3rd ed.)


English Name: Cuspidatum Rhizoma
Chinese Name: Hu Zhang
Unit Size: 1 pound
Potency: 1:1
Taste: Bitter
Properties: Cold
Channels Entered: Liver; Gallbladder, Lung
Actions: Invigorates the blood, dispels stasis, unblocks the channels, and stops pain;Clears heat and resolves dampness;Clears heat and resolves toxicity;Drains heat downward, transforms phlegm, and stops coughs
Pattern: Wind-damp painful obstruction;Traumatic injury;Heat;Dampness;Toxicity;Lung heat;Clumping of heat
Chinese Symptomology: Amenorrhea;Wind-damp painful obstruction;traumatic injury;Damp-heat jaundice;Turbid vaginal discharge;Turbid painful urinary dribbling;Burns (internal & external);Carbuncles (internal & external);Skin infections(internal & external);Snakebite(internal & external);Cough due to Lung heat;Constipation due to clumping of heat;
Materia Medica: Regulate the Blood
Contraindications: Contraindicated during pregnancy


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Hu Zhang - Giant Knotweed Rhizome (Certified Organic)

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