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Jue Ming Zi, 1lb

Jue Ming Zi, 1lb

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Disperses wind-fire to cool the eyes, moistens the Intestines, nourishes the Liver and Kidney yin*


Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

  • Clears the Liver and the eyes: for red, swollen, and painful eyes from heat or wind-heat in the Liver channel. Also for eye problems such as photosensitivity, night blindness, and insidious loss of vision without visible physical changes to the eye.*
  • Calms the Liver and anchors the errant yang: for headaches and dizziness from ascendant Liver yang. Recently this function has been expanded to include hypertension.*
  • Moistens the Intestines and unblocks the bowels: for dry or infrequent stools or chronic constipation, especially when there is an aspect of Liver yin deficiency.*
  • Recently used to prevent atherosclerosis as it lowers both blood pressure and serum cholesterol.*

Unit Size: 1 lb
Potency: 1:1
Taste: Bitter, Sweet, salty - Bensky
Properties: slightly cold
Channels Entered: Liver, Large Intestine, Kidney - Bensky
Actions: Disperses wind-fire to cool the eyes, moistens the Intestines, nourishes the Liver and Kidney yin - Bensky
Pattern: Wind-heat in the Liver channel; Ascendant Liver yang; Liver yin deficiency - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology: Red, swollen, and painful eyes from heat or wind-heat in the Liver channel; Headaches and dizziness from ascendant Liver yang; Dry or infrequent stools or chronic constipation, especially when there is an aspect of Livery yin deficiency* - Bensky
Materia Medica: Tonify Yin
Contraindications: Because this is a cold herb that has laxative properties, it should not be used in patients with diarrhea from Spleen deficiency or with low blood pressure. - Bensky


Ingredients

Jue Ming Zi - Cassia obtusifolia; SemenSickle-pod Senna Seed

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