Long Gu Usages and Indications

• Calms the spirit - emotional distress, insomnia, palpitations, anxiety, seizures.
• Calms the liver, anchors floating yang - irritable, blurred vision, vertigo, bad temper.
• Prevents leakage of fluids due to deficiency - spermatorrhea, night sweats, spontaneous sweating, vaginal discharge, nocturnal emissions, uterine bleeding.
• Topically for chronic non-healing sores and ulcerations.

Dosage and Preparation Notes For Long Gu

• Dosage: 15-30g cook 20-30 minutes extra

• Blog Posts Where Long Gu Is Discussed

•   My Heart Is What? Summertime, Heat and Joy...

• Blog Posts Concerning Herbal Medicine

•   Basic Mineral and Vitamin Supplements Could Limit Covid-19 Progression (Study)
•   Study Explores Beneficial Effects of Popular Chinese Herbal Formula on Diabetic Retinopathy
•   Musical Gongs and Xiao Yao Wan Herbs May Help Liver Qi Stagnation and Spleen Qi Deficiency
•   Ye Gu Herb (Aeginetia Indica) Found To Have Anti-Cancer Benefits in Kidney/Renal Cancer Disease
•   TCM Formula Gan Mai Da Zao Wan Found Effective for "Several" Mental Health Issues
•   Chinese Herbal Medicines - Teas vs. Prepared Pills/Granules - Researchers Say No Clinical Differences
•   Yunnan Baiyao Herbal Formula Found Helpful for Colitis / Inflammatory Bowel Disease
•   Study Finds Wu Mei Wan Herbal Formula Protects Pancreatic Beta Cells in Diabetes
•   Widely Used Chinese Herbal Medicine Formula for IBS and Crohn's - Mechanisms Explored (Study)

Our database contains 4 TCM Formulas where Long Gu is generally used

B

• Bu Nao Wan -Brain Supplementing Pills (Calm The Spirit)

C

• Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Wan -Bupleurum, Dragon Bone, and Oyster Shell Formula (Calm The Spirit)

G

• Gu Zhi Shu Song Wan -Osteoporosis Tablets (Tonify)

S

• Sang Piao Xiao Wan -Mantis Egg Case Powder (Stabilize and Bind)

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