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Yu Zhu - Solomon's Seal Rhizome, Polygonatum

Yu Zhu (Solomon's Seal Rhizome, Polygonatum)

Clinical Applications

  • Nourish yin, moisten dryness - lung and stomach dry heat or yin deficiency patterns with cough, dry throat, thirst, irritability, steaming bone disorder, xiao ke, excess hunger, constipation.
  • Clear wind, softens and moistens the sinews - wind generated by insufficient fluids, leading to pain and spasms in the sinews, dizziness from yin deficiency and internal movement of wind.
  • Also useful for wind-heat in yin deficient constitution (not cloying herb).

Functional Category

Temperature & Taste

Channels Influenced

Dosage & Preparation

  • Dosage: 9-15g
Relationships
TCM Formulas that include Yu Zhu (1)
Conditions / Symptoms (2 connections)