Gou Teng, Uncaria vine - 4 oz.

SKU	FES929-4
Brand	Far East Summit Single Herb Liquid Extracts
Unit Size	4 oz.
Potency	8:1
Taste	Sweet - Bensky
Properties	Slightly cold - Bensky
Contraindications	Use with caution in the absence of wind-heat or heat from excess.
Chinese Symptomology	Tremors, seizures, eclampsia due to Liver heat with internal stirring of Liver wind; Headache, irritability, red eyes, dizziness due to Liver fire and ascendant Liver yang patterns; Fever, headache, red eyes due to exterior wind-heat - Bensky
Actions	Extinguishes wind and alleviates spasms; Drains Liver heat and pacifies Liver yang; Releases the exterior
Pattern	Liver heat with internal stirring of Liver wind; Liver fire; Ascendant Liver yang patterns; Wind-heat patterns
Channels Entered	Pericardium, Liver
Chinese name	Gou Teng
English name	Uncaria Vine; Gambir

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Description

	Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica Combine with tian zhu huang, huang lian, and chan tui for seizures* Combine with long chi, shi gao, and zhi zi for childhood seizures.* Combine with tian ma, ju hua, and shi jue ming for dizziness and vertigo due to Liver wind, as in tian ma gou teng yin.* Add shi gao and fu shen for more extreme cases with accompanying symptoms of facial flush, short temper, and wiry pulse.* Combine with xia ku cao, uj hua, and shi jue ming for hypertension due to ascendent Liver yang.* Combine with bo he, chan tui, and jing jie for externally-contracted wind-heat with headaches and red eyes. Also used for incomplete expression of rashes.*