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title: "Wu Mei"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/612/wu-mei"
---

 ![wu mei, mume fructus.jpg](/u/wu-mei-mume-fructus-KMKAXX.jpg) 

# Wu Mei

### Mume Fructus

_sour, astringent, warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Stabilize and Bind**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
-- Chronic cough
- Chronic diarrhea
- Dysentery
- Diabetes
- Parasites
- Abdominal pain
- Vomiting
- Blood in stool
- Menometrorrhagia
- Warts
- Corns

Wu Mei herb has an affinity for the lung and the large intestines.
It enters the lung, large intestine, liver, and spleen channels but
the channels do not always describe the effect on the organs.
Channel theory overlaps organ theory but it is sometimes useful
to separate them conceptually for diagnosis and treatment.

The stabilize and bind category of herbs treats the leakage of body
fluids and functions that should be holding. These herbs,
including Wu Mei, should be considered branch treatment as the
root of the leakage needs to be treated and is usually caused from
a deficiency pattern. Wu Mei does treat at least one excess pattern
(parasites) but it is worth noting that a strong healthy
gastrointestinal tract is naturally resistant to parasite infection. The
stomach is extremely acidic (1.2 pH) and acts as an acid bath that
kills off any foreign intruders. The sour quality of Wu Mei
increases yang fluids (acid) and might be considered as aspect of
spleen yang and the stomach descending function. The rest of the
gastrointestinal tract is full of healthy bacteria (microbiome) and
GALT (gut associated lymphoid tissue) that resist pathogens.

The sour and astringent quality of Wu Mei helps to restrain or
hold in excess blood from deficiency (spleen not controlling
blood). This helps bleeding of the anus and excess menstrual
bleeding. It is this same astringent and sour combination that
helps in patients with chronic cough.

**Channels:** liver, spleen, lung, large intestine

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Antiparasitic
- Antidiarrheal
- Dysenteric disorders
- Cervical cancer adjunct treatment
- Corns
- Warts
- Tinea fungus
- Biliary congestion
- Prohistamine
- Indigestion
- Diabetes fecal incontinence

**Formulas:**
- Jiu Xian San
- Li Zhong An Hui Tang
- Lian Mei An Hui Tang
- Wu Mei Wan

**Contraindications:** Wu Mei should not be prescribed to
patients that have internal heat caused by excess or caused by
stagnation, and should be discontinued during acute external
attacks

**Zoo Image:** a mummy camel walking out of the water with a roundworm is
coughing while his bandages are coming loose to let lung qi escape, two corks
are holding in his blood but his leaky diarrhea is attracting flies and he is
about to slip on some corn

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