Hu Tao Ren
| Hu Tao Ren in TCM:Explore the properties of Hu Tao Ren according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: walnut, English walnut, Persian walnut
Pharmacuetical Name: Semen Juglandis
Properties: sweet, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: LU, LI, KD
Flavors: sweet
Tonifies: qi
Special Properties:
essence, disperses cold, resolves dryness
Actions / Indications:
- Tonifies KD essence; strengthens back and knees (premature
grey hair, blurry vision, cold and painful back and knees, frequent
urination; poor memory)
- Warms Lung; helps KD grasp qi (difficult inhalation;
chronic cough and wheezing from deficient LU and KD)
- Moistens intestines; unblocks bowels (constipation
in elderly or injured body fluids due to febrile disease; may take daily
food as supplement)
Special Notes:
- To arrest cough use Hu Tao Ren with skin; to lubricate intestines you should peel and discard the skin.
- For constipation combine with Rou Cong
Rong, E jiao, and Dang
Gui.
Contraindications:
- (cc: phlegm-heat cough)
- (cc: yin deficiency with heat signs)
- (cc: loose stools)
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