Zhi Fu Zi
Aconiti Radix Lateralis preparata
acrid, hot, toxic
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Warm the Interior and Expel Cold
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Diarrhea
- Chills
- Cold extremities
- Faint pulse
- Heart weakness
- Spleen weakness
- Kidney yang deficiency
- Pain
Zhi Fu Zi is acrid, toxic, and hot. It enters the heart, spleen, and kidney systems. Zhi Fu Zi is used when yang is severely compromised or when there are cold patterns blocking function and flow of qi and blood.
Channels: heart, spleen, kidney
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Arthritis
- Excess sweating
- Diarrhea
- Pain in the abdomen
- Edema
- Ascites
- Erectile dysfunction
- High blood pressure
- Hypoadrenia
Formulas:
- Bai Tong Tang
- Da Huang Fu Zi Tang
- Di Huang Yin Zi
- Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan
- Gui Zhi Jia Fu Zi Tang
- Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
- Huang Tu Tang
- Jia Wei Shen Qi Wan
- Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
- Ma Huang Xi Xin Fu Zi Tang
- Shen Fu Tang
- Shen Qi Wan
- Shi Pi Yin
- Si Ni Jia Ren Shen Tang
- Si Ni Tang
- Tong Mai Si Ni Tang
- Tu Si Zi Wan
- Wen Pi Tang
- Wu Mei Wan
- You Gui Wan
- You Gui Yin
- Zai Zao San
- Zhen Wu Tang
Contraindications: do not prescribe Zhi Fu Zi to pregnant patients or patients that present with true heat false cold patterns or patients that have significant heat patterns from deficiency, do not combine with Wu Gong
Zoo Image: a lion doctor dressed as a blue bee is rescuing a cold lion with blue stomach and limbs that is lying on a Yang-Erator bed, x-rays of heart, spleen, and a kidney watch