Hu Lu Ba
Trigonellae Semen
bitter, warm
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Tonify Yang
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Hernia
- Distention of flank
- Abdominal pain
- Leg pain and swelling
Hu Lu Ba is bitter and warm and goes to the kidney system. This helps with lower leg cold edema patterns and cold pattern hernias.
Channels: kidney
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Hernia
- Abdominal distention
- Poor lactation
- Leukorrhea
- Cold limbs
- Pain in the testicles
- Antiparasitic
Contraindications: do not prescribe Hu Lu Ba to patients that have damp-heat of heat from deficiency of yin
Zoo Image: a grizzly bear looking at a primal qi deity hopes it will warm him up because he has a cold streak on his kidneys and a painful bulge