E Zhu
Curcumae Rhizoma
acrid, bitter, warm
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Circulate Blood
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Abdominal pain
- Menstrual disorders
- Dysmenorrhea
- Amenorrhea
- Masses
- Abdominal
- Epigastric
- Abdominal distention
- Fullness in the chest
- Childhood malnutrition
E Zhu is bitter, acrid, and warm. It enters the liver and spleen systems. Its relationship to spleen function allows it to treat disorders in children that result in malnutrition.
E Zhu is often prescribed with San Leng to move qi and blood. San Leng is a stronger blood moving medicine while E Zhu is better at moving the qi.
Channels: liver, spleen
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Masses in the abdomen
- Enlargement of the liver
- Gastrointestinal tract disorders
- Enlargement of the spleen
- Antitumor
- Abortion induction
- Antimicrobial
Formulas:
- Mu Xiang Bing Lang Wan
- Mu Xiang Liu Qi Yin
Contraindications: do not prescribe E Zhu to patients that are pregnant or to patients that suffer metrorrhagia
Zoo Image: a roadrunner is dissolving her chest and abdomen in a boiling qi pot along with her panties while her child wants the fruit on the clothes line