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fu zi tcm pocketguide blog post

fù zi • radix aconiti preparata • prepared aconite root • 附子

zhēn wǔ tāng • true warrior decoction • 真武汤 warm the interior fù zi is used for patterns with interior cold due to yang deficiency. symptoms indicating the use of fù zi diarrhea, undigested food in stools, cold extremities, sweating, cold sweats, dizziness, weak breathing, palpitations, weak back and legs, impotence, low libido, urinary frequency, dysmenorrhea.…

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da huang tcm pocketguide blog post

dà huáng • radix et rhizoma rhei • rhubarb root and rhizome • 大簧

purgatives & laxatives dà huáng is used for patterns with yang-ming heat, damp-heat, phlegm-heat, blood-heat, and blood-stasis. symptoms indicating the use of dà huáng high fever, profuse sweating, thirst, constipation, dysentery, hemorroids, abdominal distention and pain, delirium, nosebleeding, coughing of blood, painful urination, abscesses, sores. not in pregnancy, external…

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tcm pocketguide blog post overview drain downwards

overview drain downwards

3rd overviewdrain downwards let’s start with the third category of chinese herbal prescriptions that drain downwards. which are the most important prescriptions in this category? 18 overviews – 18 categories these overviews are meant to be orientation points to which you can always return to to check the most common prescriptions in the…

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