Ling Yang Jiao
Saigae Tataricae Cornu
salty, cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Convulsions
- Seizures
- Fever
- Dizziness
- Vertigo
- Anger
- Restlessness
- Headache
- Hypertension
- Eye disorders
- Redness of eyes
- Photophobia
- Swollen eyes
- Derangement
- Mania
- Unconscious states
Ling Yang Jiao affects the blood level. It enters the liver and the heart. The cold quality allows it to bring down excess heat patterns and rising yang. This explains the treatment of headaches, anger, and elevated blood pressure. The eyes are a single artery system that is very sensitive to stagnation patterns. By moving liver blood, this eyes improves heat related blood stasis patterns of the eye. The cold quality enters the heart to calm the shen and can treat patients displaying exaggerated swings in behavior that are manic in nature.
Channels: heart, liver
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Vasodilator
- Antipyretic
- Hypotensive
- Sedative
- Analgesic
- Febrile seizure
- Blurred vision
- Muscle spasm
Formulas:
- Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang
- Zi Xue Dan
Contraindications: do not prescribe Ling Yang Jiao to patients that present with chronic convulsions due to deficiency of spleen function
Zoo Image: a rhino with glasses and a cane is awarding a hot dog that is having spasms from the hot lights while the dog trainer is acting crazy with a red head, another dog that lost has a yang anchor