State/School

California License Exam, Pacific College Comps, Southern California University of Health Sciences, Yo San University

Pharm Name

Linderae Radix

Common Name

Lindera Tuber

Category

Regulate the Qi

Ingredients

Taste

Acrid

Pao Zhi

Temperature

Warm

Action / Indication

1. Promotes the movement of qi and alleviates pain: for a stifling sensation in the chest, flank pain, and epigastric and abdominal pain and distention due to constraint from cold and qi stagnation. The herb warms and disperses, and is effective in spreading and unblocking the qi dynamic. It thereby smooths the flow of qi, facilitates the middle, disperses cold, and stops pain in many areas. It is also used when cold accumulation and qi stagnation manifest in lower abdominal pain, bulging disorders, or menstrual pain.
2. Warms the Kidneys: for urinary frequency or incontinence due to insufficiency of Kidney yang and cold from deficiency of the Bladder.

Treatment Principles

Moves Qi
Relieves Pain
Warms the Kidneys
Warms the Bladder

Contraindication

Qi or blood deficiency, or internal heat.

Dosages

3-9g

Meridians

KD, SP, LU, UB

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