12.3 Herbs that Tonify Yang Flashcards
What is the general energy and taste for herbs that tonify yang?
These herbs are generally sweet and warm, salty and warm or pungent and hot.
What are the primary meridian(s) involved for herbs that tonify yang?
These herbs are used to warm and tonify the Yang of the body. Most of the herbs in this subcategory are used to tonify the Kidney Yang. This is because the kidney Yang is where the primary Yang energy comes from.
Note: Herbs that tonify spleen Yang and heart Yang are mostly introduced in herbs that warm the interior and expel cold.
What are the main symptoms of kidney yang deficiency, kidney failing to grasp lung qi and SP/KI Yang Xu?
Kidney Yang deficiency manifests as intolerance to cold, cold extremities, soreness and weakness of lumbar and knees, low libido, impotence, infertility, frequent urination and enuresis, edema, early aging, slow development in children.
Kidney Yang deficiency failing to grasp lung Qi manifests as wheezing, SOB, and less inhalations than exhalations.
Spleen and kidney yang deficiency manifests as early morning diarrhea, cold and cramping of abdomen, uterine bleeding and thin profuse leucorrhea.
Herbs that tonify yang are often used in combination with what other three categories of herbs?
Often used in combination with herbs that:
- warm the interior and expel cold
- tonify spleen and lungs
- tonify essence and blood
What are cautions and contraindications for herbs that tonify yang?
Contraindicated in patients with yin deficiency with empty heat.
What does Lù Róng mean?
Lù - deer
Róng - antler
Names for Lu Rong?
Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum
Cervus nippon
velvet of the deer antler
Energy, Taste, Meridians for Lu Rong?
Energy: warm
Taste: sweet, salty
Meridians: Kidney, Liver
Functions for Lu Rong?
- Tonifies kidney and invigrate yang.
- Tonifies essence and blood of liver and kidney, strengthens bones and sinews.
- Regulates penetrating (Chong) and conception (Ren) vessels and stabilizes girdle (Dai) vessel.
- Nourishes Qi and blood, cure sores
Indications for Lu Rong?
- fatigue, cold extremeties, enuresis, impotence, spermatorrhea due to Kidney yang Xu
- Soreness and pain in lumbus, weak bones, retarded growth of teeth, delay in starting to walk in kids due to kidney xu, delayed development due to deficient Essence and Blood
- Uterine bleeding, leukorrhea, due to deficient cold in Chong and Ren, infertility d/t Cold in the womb
- Chronic skin lesions, slow healing wounds, boils, yin type ulcers d/t yang xu
What herb would you pair with Lu rong for long-term non-healing sores?
Huang Qi. Together they will nourish qi and blood. Huang Qi - Promote discharge of pus, generate tissue, help healing sores
What does Bā Jî Tiān mean?
Bā - to cling to, to expect, to hope, to be close or next to
Jî - skill or excite maybe?
Tiān - sky
Ba Ji Tian names
Radix Morindae Officinalis
Morinda officinalis How.
morinda root, medicinal Indian mulberry root
Energy, Taste, Meridians for Ba Ji Tian?
Energy: slightly warm
Taste: sweet, acrid
Meridians: Liver, Kidney
Functions of Ba Ji Tian?
- Tonifies kidney and invigorates yang.
- Tonifies essence and blood of liver and kidney, strengthens bones and sinews.
- Disperses wind-damp-cold (Bi Zheng, painful obstruction syndrome)
Indications for Ba Ji Tian?
- Impotence, premature ejaculation, morbid leukorrhea, infertility, irregular menstruation d/t Kidney Yang Xu.
- Soreness and pain of lumbus, weak bones, retarded growth of teeth, delay in starting to walk in children d/t Kidney Xu or delayed development d/t Essence/Blood Xu
- Pain in legs, difficulty walking d/t chronic Wind Damp Cold Bi syndrome
Xian Mao names
Rhizoma Curculiginis
Curculigo orchioides
curculigo, golden-eye grass rhizome
Indications for Xian Mao?
- Impotence, Cold Essence spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation d/t kidney Yang Xu
- Sore and weak lumbus and knees d/t Kidney Yang Xu. Cold Damp Bi.
- Chronic diarrhea d/t KI and SP Xu
