---
title: "Mu Xiang"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/553/mu-xiang"
---

 ![mu xiang, aucklandiae radix.jpg](/u/mu-xiang-aucklandiae-radix-vvkXSN.jpg) 

# Mu Xiang

### Aucklandia Radix

_acrid, bitter, warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Regulate Qi**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Disorders of the gastrointestinal tract
 - Poor appetite
 - Indigestion
- Pain
 - Epigastric
 - Abdominal
 - Abdominal distention
 - Nausea
 - Vomiting
- Rib side pain
 - Gallbladder
- Diarrhea
- Dysentery
- Tenesmus

Mu Xiang is acrid, bitter, and warm. It enters the large intestine,
gallbladder, san jiao, spleen, and stomach systems. It supports
liver and gallbladder function and can treat liver overacting on
digestion patterns.

Mu Xiang is also used with herbs in the tonification category if
they are difficult to digest.

**Channels:** gallbladder, large intestine, spleen, stomach,
san jiao

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Indigestion
- Abdominal distention
- Biliary congestion
- Angina pain
- Jaundice
- Kidney stones
- Hypertension

**Formulas:**
- Dang Gui Long Hui Wan
- Fei Er Wan
- Ge Hua Jie Cheng San
- Gui Pi Tang
- Hou Po Wen Zhong Tang
- Jian Pi Wan
- Ju He Wan
- Mu Xiang Bing Lang Wan
- Mu Xiang Liu Qi Yin
- Shao Yao Tang
- Shi Pi Yin
- Si Hai Shu Yu Wan
- Su He Xiang Wan
- Tian Tai Wu Yao San
- Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang
- Xiang Sha Yang Wei Tang
- Yan Hu Suo Tang
- Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang
- Zhou Che Wan
- Zi Xue Dan

**Contraindications:** prescribe Mu Xiang cautiously to
patients with deficient heat patterns

**Zoo Image:** a golfing beaver with a T barbell hat is hitting a qi ball while his
intestines are harmonized and a green gold club is at his crotch and there are
two liver and spleen balls

[Cassone Wellness](https://cassonewellness.com/)