Yu Jin
Curcumae Radix
acrid, bitter, cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Circulate Blood
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Trauma
- Chronic sores
- Chest pain
- Flank pain
- Abdominal pain
- Menstrual pain
- Epistaxis
- Vomiting blood
- Bloody urine
- Anxiety
- Irritability
- Seizures
- Jaundice
- Biliary congestion
Yu Jin is bitter to drain and detoxify, acrid to disperse and move qi and blood, and cold to treat heat related patterns. It enters the liver, heart, and lung systems.
Yu Jin’s relationship to the heart system allows it to treat emotional agitation. Its lung properties allows it to treat epistaxis. The liver function acts on the gallbladder and can treat menstrual related blood stagnation issues as well as jaundice.
Channels: lung, liver, heart
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Rib pain
- Mood swings
- Urinary tract infections
- Kidney stones
- Jaundice
- Enlarged liver
- Amenorrhea
- Dysmenorrhea
- Heart disease
- Trauma
- Nose bleed
- Muscle spasms
- Biliary congestion
- Antimicrobial
Formulas:
- An Gong Niu Huang Wan
- Xuan Yu Tong Jing Tang
Contraindications: do not prescribe Yu Jin to patients that are pregnant, Yu Jin counteracts with Ding Xiang
Zoo Image: a roadrunner jumps through a burning heart on his yellow jaundi-bike while qi butterflies take away his front tire