Tian Men Dong
Asparagi Radix
bitter, sweet, very cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Tonify Yin
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Dry mouth
- Cough
- Dysglycemia
- Constipation
Tian Men Dong is sweet, bitter, and very cold. It enters the kidney and lung systems to treat yin deficiency patterns.
Channels: lung, kidney
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Vomiting blood
- Coughing blood
- Dysglycemia
- Hypoadrenia
- Poor liver phase II
- Cough
- Night sweats
- Constipation
- Bronchitis
Contraindications: do not prescribe Tian Men Dong to patients that present with diarrhea due to poor digestive function
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