Yu Zhu
Polygonati Odorati Rhizoma
sweet, slightly cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Tonify Yin
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Cough
- Dry throat
- Irritability
- Thirst
- Bone pain
- Dysglycemia
- Increased hunger
- Constipation
- Soft tissue spasms
- Dizziness
Yu Zhu is sweet and slightly cold. It enters the stomach and lung systems to treat deficiency heat patterns.
Channels: lung, stomach
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Dizziness
- Dysglycemia
- Constipation
- Fever
- Cough
- Irritability
- Dyslipidemia
Formulas:
- Jia Jian Wei Rui Tang
- Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang
- Yi Wei Tang
Contraindications: do not prescribe Yu Zhu to patients with poor digestive function with related loose stools
Zoo Image: a turtle is taking his lungs and stomach to Yinny’s Moist Cleaners that has flowers growing from its vent and avoids Sandy’s Dry Cleaning that has wind and dryness and a bird has found a dried up spasmed hand