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title: "Nu Zhen Zi"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/530/nu-zhen-zi"
---

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# Nu Zhen Zi

### Ligustri Lucidi Fructus

_bitter, sweet, cool_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Tonify Yin**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Dizziness
- Visual floaters
- Low back pain
- Tinnitus
- Premature greying of hair
- Loss of vision

Nu Zhen Zi is bitter, sweet, and cool. It enters the liver and
kidney systems to treat deficiency of yin that affects eye function,
hearing, and balance. It is used in longevity medicine to prevent
greying of hair and can lubricate the intestines to treat mild
constipation.

**Channels:** liver, kidney

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Age related loss of hearing
- Dizziness
- Vertigo
- Loss of vision due to aging
- Superficial visual floaters
- Sleep disorders
- Palpitations of the heart
- Circulation

**Formulas:**
- Er Zhi Wan

**Contraindications:** do not prescribe Nu Zhen Zi to patients
that present with diarrhea due to poor digestive function

**Zoo Image:** a grey haired turtle with a red neck is fanning itself while looking
through spots at a vision exam board

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