Long Yan Rou
Longan Arillus
sweet, warm
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Tonify Blood
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Insomnia
- Heart palpitations
- Poor memory
- Dizziness
Long Yan Rou is sweet and warm. It enters the heart and spleen systems to tonify. Its effect on the heart system can treat palpitations and insomnia disorders while the spleen function treats disorders related to over thinking such as poor memory.
Channels: heart, spleen
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Dizziness
- Antimicrobial
- Sleep disorders
- Fatigue
Formulas:
- Dang Gui Ji Xue Teng Tang
- Gui Pi Tang
Contraindications: do not prescribe Long Yan Rou to patients that present with severe heat patterns due to obstruction
Zoo Image: a bat student from NSU (No Spleen University) with a question mark circling its head and a bumping heart can’t remember its herb notes, a spirit hands it a pillow