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Tian Ma - Gastrodia Root

Tian Ma (Gastrodia Root)

Clinical Applications

  • Calms the liver, extinguishes liver wind from either heat or cold patterns - spasms, tremors, headache, epilepsy, numbness, dizziness, wind-stroke, childhood convulsion, can be used for problems due to heat or blood deficiency.
  • Extinguishes wind, alleviates pain - headache, dizziness, migraine headaches that occur with wind-phlegm patterns, hemiplegia, dizziness, numbness.
  • Disperse painful obstruction due to wind phlegm - numbness and pain of the lower back and extremities.

Channels Influenced

Liver

Dosage & Preparation

  • Dosage: 3-9g
  • 0.9-1.5g powder
Relationships
TCM Formulas that include Tian Ma (6)