Gou Ji #

Cibotii Rhizoma #

bitter, sweet, warm

PRIMARY FUNCTION: #

Tonify Yang

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:

• Musculoskeletal degeneration
  • Weak bones
  • Weak and brittle tendons and ligaments
  • Low back pain
  • Sore and numb limbs
  • Knee pain
• Urinary incontinence
• Vaginal discharge

This herb is warm, sweet, and bitter. It enters the liver and kidney systems. The liver blood nourishes the tendons and ligaments which helps in patients with low back pain due to deficiency. Gou Ji also supports adrenal and gonadal function which contributes to tendon and ligament strength.

Channels: kidney, liver

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:

• Pain
  • Low back pain
  • Arthritis
• Urogenital system disorders
  • Leukorrhea
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Low libido
  • Erectile dysfunction

Contraindications: do not prescribe Gou Ji to patients that present with urinary heat from deficiency of yin, do not prescribe with Bai Jiang Cao

Zoo Image: a grizzly bear wearing stabilizer undies is getting a menthol rub on his low back by a kidney under the direction of a general liver while the bear is holding a bone between his legs and another kidney carries a flame

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