Zhi Mu Granules

SKU	BPG596
Brand	Blue Poppy Single Herb Granules
Unit Size	100g
Potency	5:1
Taste	Bitter, Sweet - Bensky
Properties	Cold - Bensky
Contraindications	Contraindicated in cases of cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach, or diarrhea. - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology	High fever, irritability, thirst; Cough with expectoration of thick and yellow sputum; Exhaustion, night sweats, steaming bone disorder, afternoon fever, low-grade fever, heat in the five centers, bleeding gums; spermatorrhea, nocturnal emissions, abnormally elevated sex drive; Oral ulcers; inflammation, wasting and thirsting disorder - Bensky
Actions	Clears fire and nourishes the yin of the Lungs, Stomach, and Kidneys
Pattern	Heat, Fire; Lung and Kidney deficiency; Yin deficiency - Bensky
Channels Entered	Lung, Stomach, Kidney - Bensky
Pulse	Rapid, flooding - Bensky
English name	Anemarrhena Rhizome; Anemarrhena aspheloides

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Description	Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed. Clears heat and drains fire: for high fever, irritability, thirst, and a rapid, flooding pulse in patterns of heat from excess in the Lungs and Stomach. Also for cough due to heat in the Lungs with expectoration of thick, yellow sputum.* Enriches the yin and moistens dryness: for exhaustion or deficiency of Lung and Kidney yin with such heat signs as night sweats, steaming bone disorder, irritability, afternoon or low-grade fevers, heat in the five centers, and bleeding gums. Also for such Kidney heat signs as spermatorrhea, nocturnal emissions, and abnormally elevated sex drive.* Generates fluids and clears heat: for oral ulcers and inflammation due to yin deficiency, and for wasting and thirsting disorder.* Ameliorates the dryness of tonifying or warming substances: for circumstances when tonifying herbs, such as Astragali Radix (huang qi) , or warming herbs, such as Cinnamomi Ramulus (gui zhi) and Aconiti Radix lateralis preparata (zhi fu zi), are used, but there is concern that they not be too drying.*