State/School

California License Exam, Pacific College Comps

Pharm Name

Asini Corii Colla

Common Name

Asini Corii Colla

Category

Tonify the Blood

Ingredients

Taste

Sweet

Pao Zhi

Temperature

Neutral

Action / Indication

1. Tonifies the blood: for such symptoms as dizziness, sallow or pale complexion, and palpitations due to blood deficiency. Can be used as a stand-alone herb or melted in warm rice or millet wine. 
2. Nourishes the blood and stops bleeding: for any type of bleeding, but best for consumptive disorders with coughing of blood, blood in the stool, excessive menstrual bleeding, or uterine bleeding. 
3. Nourishes and moistens the yin: for yin deficiency with such symptoms as irritability and insomnia in the aftermath of a febrile disease. Also used for dry Lung cough due to yin deficiency or consumption. 

Treatment Principles

Tonifies Blood
Stops Bleeding
Enriches Yin
Moistens the Intestines

Contraindication

Phlegm damp disorders, and Spleen/Stomach deficiency with diarrhea.

Dosages

5-10g, crushed, and then dissolved in hot water, or herbal decoction.

Meridians

LIV, LU, KD

Tom's Comment

1. E Jiao is very cloying and can cause bloating in susceptible individuals
2. E Jiao tastes terrible and is reserved for concomitant Blood Deficiency and hemorrhaging
3. E Jiao is culturally used post-partum to Tonify Blood and Yin.

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Formula Type