Shi Chang Pu
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Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: acorus, grass-leaf sweet-flag rhizome
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Acori
Properties: acrid, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: ST, HT
Flavors: pungent
Special Properties:
disperses cold, clears damp, resolves phlegm, alleviates bi syndrome
Actions / Indications:
- Opens the orifices, vaporizes phlegm, quiets spirit
(phlegm obstructing sensory orifices: deafness, dizziness, forgetfulness,
insomnia, dulled senses, stupor; seizures)
- Harmonizes MJ; transforms turbid dampness (chest
and epigastrium fullness; abdominal pain due to dampness distressing
SP and ST)
- Alleviates bi syndrome and skin disorders (for wind-damp-cold
painful bi; trauma; sores; tinea; topical or internal use)
- (cc: yin deficiency with heat)
- (cc: excess sweating, vomiting blood or spermatorrhea)
Special Notes:
- Shi Chang Pu and Yuan Zhi both improve
memory and cognitive performance. Shi Chang Pu works by opening sensory
orifices and improving alertness, while Yuan Zhi calms the shen and
relieves hyperactivity and poor circulation.
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