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title: "Wu Yao"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/614/wu-yao"
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# Wu Yao

### Linderae Radix

_acrid, warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Regulate Qi**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Stifling chest sensation
- Flank pain
- Epigastric pain
- Epigastric distention
- Lower abdominal pain
- Bulging disorders
- Menstrual pain
- Frequent urination
- Incontinence

Wu Yao is acrid and warm. It enters the lung, bladder, kidney, and
spleen systems. Its warmth nourished kidney function while its
acrid property regulates and move liver qi.

**Channels:** lung, bladder, kidney, spleen

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Abdominal pain
- Hypoadrenia
- Hernias
- Abdominal distention
- Irregular menses
- Urinary incontinence
- Indigestion

**Formulas:**
- Bi Xie Feng Qing Yin
- Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang
- Nuan Gan Jian
- Si Mo Tang
- Suo Quan Wan
- Tian Tai Wu Yao San
- Tu Si Zi Wan
- Zheng Qi Tian Xiang San

**Contraindications:** do not prescribe Wu Yao to patients that
present with severe qi or blood deficiency

**Zoo Image:** a beaver with warm kidneys is ironing his shirt with a qi iron while
there is a cold bird moving its qi