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Tian Men Dong #1040M

Pin Ying Name: Tian Men Dong

Chinese Name: 天門冬

English Name: Chinese Asparagus

Latin Name: Asparagi, Radix

Herbs that Tonify the Yin
Category
Properties
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Sweet
Bitter
Very Cold
Kidney
Lung
Stomach
5-15g
Actions & Indications
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage

Nourishes Kidney Yin, clears Lung Heat and sedates Fire

  • Lung Yin Deficiency with Heat signs in the upper Jiao such as Dryness of the mouth,
  • Dryness of the Lung with dry mouth and a dry, non-productive cough or a productive cough with scanty, viscous, Blood-streaked sputum
  • Kidney Yin Deficiency
  • Jing Deficiency due to Kidney Yin Deficiency with leg atrophy

Moistens the Lungs, nourishes the Kidneys, generates Fluids and resolves Phlegm
  • Lung and Kidney Yin Deficiency, especially wasting and thirsting disorder(upper, middle and lower)and consumption with low-grade afternoon fever
  • Constipation due to dry Intestines
Contraindications
  • Contraindicated for those with diarrhea and anorexia due to Spleen Deficiency Cold.
  • Contraindicated for those with cough due to Wind-Cold.