State/School

Pacific College Comps

Pharm Name

Polygonati Odorati Rhizoma

Common Name

Aromatic Solomon's Seal Rhizome

Category

Tonify the Yin

Ingredients

Taste

Sweet

Pao Zhi

Temperature

Neutral

Action / Indication

1. Nourishes the yin and moistens dryness: for Lung and Stomach dry-heat or yin deficiency patterns with cough, dry throat, irritability, and thirst. Also for steaming bone disorder and wasting and thirsting disorder with intense hunger and constipation 
2. Extinguishes wind and softens and moistens the sinews: for wind generated by insufficient fluids leading to pain and spasms in the sinews. Also for dizziness caused by yin deficiency and internal stirring of wind. In addition, because the herb is neither cloying nor tends to retain pathogenic influences, it is used in those with yin-deficient constitutions in cases o f externally-contracted wind-heat. 

Treatment Principles

Nourishes Yin
Moistens the Lungs
Moistens the Stomach
Extinguishes Wind
Nourishes the Muscles
Treats Wasting and Thirsting Disorder

Contraindication

Contraindicated for Spleen deficiency with qi stagnation, and damp or phlegm accumulation.

Dosages

9-15g

Meridians

ST, LU

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