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title: "Yin Yang Huo"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/637/yin-yang-huo"
---

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# Yin Yang Huo

### Epimedii Herba

_acrid, sweet, warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Tonify Yang**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Erectile dysfunction
- Frequent urination
- Infertility
- Low back pain
- Knee pain
- Muscle spasms
- Post stroke numbness

Yin Yang Huo is acrid, sweet, and warm. It enters the liver and
kidney systems to treat low hormone production from the adrenal
glands and from the gonads.
The acrid and warm combination move cold out of the body to
treat pain caused by cold deficiency.

**Channels:** liver, kidney

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Spermatorrhea
- Low back pain
- Hypertension
- Vasodilation
- Erectile dysfunction
- Fatigue
- Leukorrhea
- Chronic bronchitis
- Infertility
- Muscle tension
- Post stroke contracture
- Angina pectoris
- Antimicrobial
- Poliomyelitis

**Formulas:**
- Er Xian Tang
- Wen Yang Bu Gan Jian

**Contraindications:** do not prescribe Yin Yang Huo to
patients that have fire from yin deficiency, should not be taken
long term

**Zoo Image:** a grizzly bear falls asleep on his yellow mattress reading Vitality
Magazine, his feet are cold and cramping, he dreams of love making

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