Bie Jia #

Trionycis Carapax #

salty, slightly cold

PRIMARY FUNCTION: #

Tonify Yin

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:

• Fever
  • Due to deficiency heat
• Night sweats
  • Due to deficiency heat
• Bone pain
  • Heat sensation
  • Extreme deficiency heat
• Pain
  • Chest pain
  • Rib-side pain
• Amenorrhea
• Malaria
• Masses
• Menorrhagia

Bie Jia is slightly cold and salty. It enters the liver and spleen systems to treat yin deficiency patterns. It has the ability to anchor liver yang by nourishing liver yin. Its salty nature allows it to treat nodules and masses.

Channels: liver, spleen

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:

• Hot flash -Hormone dysregulation
• Fever
  • Hormone dysregulation
• Amenorrhea
• Pain
  • Joints

Formulas:

• Da Ding Feng Zhu
• Qing Gu San
• Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang
• Rou Fu Bao Yuan Tang
• San Jia Fu Mai Tang

Contraindications: do not prescribe Bie Jia to patients that are pregnant or that present with poor digestive function

Zoo Image: a turtle with a lumpy head and a mosquito and red chest is playing jump rope with a yang anchor with children turtles that are clumped together over a Kotex and a jumping blood drop

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