Yuan Zhi
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Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: polygala, siberian milkwort root
Pharmacuetical Name: Radix Polygalae
Properties: acrid, bitter, slightly warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: LU, HT, KD
Flavors: bitter, pungent
Special Properties:
disperses cold, disperses wind, resolves phlegm, reduces swelling
Alternate Forms:
- Sheng- expel phlegm and open orifices, reduce abcess
- Mi Zhi- calm spirit, quiet heart
Actions / Indications:
- Resolve abcesses; disspiates swellings (sores, boils,
abcesses; swollen and painful breasts; internally or externally with
yellow urine)
- Calms spirit; quiets heart (restlessness, insomnia,
palpitations with anxiety, disorientation, excessive broodin or constrained
emotion)
- Expels phlegm from LU; opens orifices (phlegm blocking
heart orifices with emotional and mental disorientation; seizures; cough
with copious sputum that is difficult to expectorate, especially
for phlegm-cold or wind-cold)
- (cc: excess fire or phlegm heat)
- (cc: caution with ulcers, gastritis)
Special Notes:
- Ye Jiao Teng is for depression due
to blood stagnation, while He Huan Hua
is for depression due to Qi stagnation. For depression with phlegm choose
Yuan Zhi, while blood deficiency depression
is best treated with He Huan Pi.
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