Gou Teng, 1lb

SKU	AN258
Brand	Asia Naturals Raw Herbs
Unit Size	1 pound
Dosage	6-15 grms in decoction
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
Branch	Pericardium, Liver
Recommendations	Product will ship FedEx Ground, even if Expedited is selected. Call for expedited shipping rates.
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.*