Gu Sui Bu
Drynariae Rhizoma
bitter, warm
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Tonify Warm
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Tinnitus
- Low back pain
- Knee pain
- Tooth pain
- Bleeding gums
- Diarrhea
- Sprains and strains
- Broken bones
- Alopecia
Gu Sui Bu can be used topically for alopecia. It is warm and bitter and enters the liver and kidneys. It supports the hormone function of the adrenal and gonads for strengthening of tendons, ligaments, and bones. For this reason, it can be prescribed to patients that suffer low back pain due to yang deficiency patterns.
As a yang tonic, Gu Sui Bu can treat diarrhea when the cause is a cold deficiency pattern.
Gu Sui Bu also improves blood flow and directs floating yang downward for such disorders as toothache and tinnitus.
Channels: kidney, liver
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Antimicrobial
- Anti-inflammatory
- Topical
- Wound care
- Alopecia
- Circulation
- Pain in the extremities
- Sports injuries
- Bleeding gums
Contraindications: do not prescribe Gu Sui Bu to patients that present with deficiency heat patterns or to patients that do not show signs of blood stagnation
Zoo Image: a grizzly bear in a wheelchair with a broken leg is getting a wig while the nurse looks at a floating yang bubble on its head