State/School

Pacific College Comps

Pharm Name

Gastrodiae Rhizoma

Common Name

Gastrodia Rhizome

Category

Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors

Ingredients

Taste

Sweet

Pao Zhi

Temperature

Neutral

Action / Indication

1. Calms the Liver, extinguishes wind, and controls spasms and tremors: a very important herb for treating internal stirring of Liver wind, whether caused by heat or cold. Used for headache, dizziness, childhood convulsions, epilepsy, tonic-clonic spasms, opisthotonos, tetany, and wind-stroke.
2. Extinguishes wind and alleviates pain: for headaches, dizziness, and migraine headaches that occur with wind-phlegm patterns. Also used for wind-stroke with hemiplegia, dizziness, and numbness in the extremities. Can be used for both excessive and deficient conditions.
3. Disperses painful obstruction: for wind-damp painful obstruction with pain and numbness of the lower back and extremities.

Treatment Principles

Calms the Liver
Extinguishes Wind
Treats Spasms and Tremors
Relieves Pain
Clears Liver Yang Rising

Contraindication

Use caution=> this herb may cause drowsiness or sedation. Allergies to this herb have been reported.

Dosages

3-9g. 0.9-1.5g powdered

Meridians

LV

Tom's Comment

1. Tian Ma is used to address Internal Wind and its claim to fame is to address headaches with dizziness which is characteristic of Wind.
2. Tian Ma is an expensive herb and requires a cultivation permit to export out of China since it is a protected species.

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