Sha Yuan Zi
Name: Flattened Milkvetch Seed (沙苑子)
Pinyin: Sha Yuan Zi
Pharm. Name: Semen Astragali Complantai
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
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Slightly Bitter, Sweet |
Nourish yin of lung and stomach, clear heat of lung and stomach, tonify qi of spleen and lung, and dispel phlegm. |
Lung, Stomach |
9-30g |
Description:
This herb has similar functions to Tu Si Zi——tonifying kidney, nourishing and securing essence, reducing urination, and stopping leukorrhea. The tonifying action of the herb is inferior to Tu Si Zi but the astringing action is stronger than that. For seminal emission, spermatorrhea, enuresis, frequent urination, and leukorrhea due to insecurity of kidney deficiency, it is combined with herbs to tonify kidney and astringe. For seminal emission, spermatorrhea due to insecurity of kidney deficiency.