Tonify Yin Flashcards
Tonify yin of lungs, stomach, liver or kidney, sweet, cold, moistening, only tonify yin, generate fluids to tx dryness, Often used to tx yin xu heat.
Sha shen
produce fluids, moisten lungs, tonify lung yin
Xi Yang shen
strongy Tonifies qi and yin, cools fire from yin xu,
Mai men dong
produces fluids, moistens lungs, and T lu yin, upper and middle burner, tx stomach yin xu,
Tian men dong
colder than MMD, more effective in clearing and moistening dry heat in lungs, reduces fire from yin xu, used for dry cough with MMD, cloying,
Shi Hu
nourish st yin, expels heat from xu
Yu zhu
produce fluids, moisten lungs, tonify lung yin, weaker than TMD at clearing heat but not cloying, softens and moistens sinews, extinguishes wind from fluid xu, tonify st yin
Bai he
Produce fluids, moistens lungs, T lu yin,
Mo han lian/ Han lian cao
nourish liver yin and tx premature greying, stops bleeding
Nu zhen zi
mild liver/kidney tonic, not greasy/cloying, best at tonifying and not affecting digestion
Hei zhi ma
tonifies liver/kidney yin, brightens eyes and moisten intestines
Gui ban
used for ascendant liver yang, , unblocks conception vessel,
Bie jia
tx ascendant liver yang, not as strong as gui ban, tx palpable abdominal masses, travels through penetrating vessel,
