Jue Ming Zi
Cassiae Semen
bitter, sweet, salty, slightly cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Clear Heat and Drain Fire
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Eye disorders
- Red, swollen, painful eyes
- Photosensitivity
- Night blindness
- Loss of vision
- Yang disorders
- Headache
- Hypertension
- Dizziness
- Dry stools
- Constipation
- Dyslipidemia
Jue Ming Zi is bitter, sweet, salty, and slightly cold. It enters the large intestine, kidney, and liver systems. Jue Ming Zi has a kidney and liver nourishing effect on yin which allows it to treat disorders of the eyes and patterns related to the rising of yang. Its yin nourishing effect can also be seen in the large intestine system treating dry conditions such as dry stool and resulting constipation.
Channels: liver, kidney, large intestine
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Eye disorders
- Redness
- Glaucoma
- Cataracts
- Constipation
- Headache
- High blood pressure
- Dyslipidemia
- Antimicrobial
Contraindications: do not prescribe Jue Ming Zi to patients that present with poor digestive function with concomitant diarrhea or to patients with low blood pressure
Zoo Image: a walrus with liver and kidney eyes has a hat with a liver and kidney yang anchor, water drop shorts, a blood pressure cuff, and a jar containing his red eyeballs