Wu Yao Granules

SKU	BPG554
Brand	Blue Poppy Single Herb Granules
Unit Size	100g
Potency	5:1
Taste	Acrid - Bensky
Properties	Warm - Bensky
Contraindications	Because this herb is acrid, warm, and drying, it can disperse the qi and deplete the blood. It should not be used in those with significant qi and blood deficiency or internal heat.
Chinese Symptomology	A stifling sensation in the chest, flank pain, and epigastric and abdominal pain and distention due to constraint from cold and qi stagnation; Lower abdominal pain, bulging disorders, or menstrual pain; Urinary frequency in incontinence due to insufficiency of Kidney yang and cold from deficiency of the Bladder. --Bensky
Actions	Smooths the flow of qi, disperses cold, alleviates pain.
Pattern	Constraint from cold and qi stagnation; Cold accumulation and qi stagnation; Insufficiency of Kidney yang and cold from deficiency of the Bladder. --Bensky
Channels Entered	Bladder, Kidney, Lung, Spleen
English name	Lindera

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Description	Acrid, warm, and aromatic, Linderae Radix (wu yao) disseminates and unblocks the qi, in the upper body mobilizing the Spleen and Lungs, in the lower body pervading the Liver, Kidneys, and Bladder. It smooths the flow of qi, directing it downward if rebellious, disperses cold, and alleviates pain, dredging and unblocking rebellious pathogenic qi the the chest and abdomen. It is often used in the treatment of distending pain in the chest or abdomen, rebellious qi with cough and wheezing, cold qi in the Bladder leading to urinary frequency, painful bulging disorder due to cold, and gynecological qi blockage and blood stasis - all cases of rebellious qi and pathogenic cold contraint.* --Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.