Yuan Zhi
Polygalae Radix
acrid, bitter, slightly warm
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Insomnia
- Palpitations
- Anxiety
- Restlessness
- Disorientation
- Spasms
- Seizures
- Productive cough
- Boils
- Abscesses
- Swollen and painful breasts
Yuan Zhi is bitter to drain and detoxify, acrid to break up and disperse, and slightly warm to treat cold patterns. It enters the lung and the heart systems.
Yuan Zhi enters the lung system to break up and move phlegm. The affinity to the lung system also allows Yuan Zhi to treat boils and abscesses on the skin. It can be used topically.
Channels: lung, heart
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Heart palpitations
- Anxiety
- Nervousness
- Cough
- Antimicrobial
- Mastitis
- Sleep disorders
- Poor memory
- Pneumonia
- Bronchitis
- Dyspnea
Formulas:
- An Shen Ding Zhi Wan
- Di Huang Yin Zi
- Ding Zhi Wan
- Gui Pi Tang
- Long Chi Qing Hun Tang
- Ren Shen Yang Rong Tang
- Sang Piao Xiao San
- Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
Contraindications: do not prescribe Yuan Zhi to patients with gastrointestinal tract disorders or to patients with deficiency heat patterns
Zoo Image: the heart queen deer and kidney king deer are getting married by a spirit that has his lungs spit on by a deer with sores