Sub Categories Within The Tonify Category

Tonify the BloodTonify the QiTonify the Qi and BloodTonify the YinWarm and Tonify the Yang

Bai Shao

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White Peony Root

Usages

• Nourishes the blood and regulates menstrual problems due to blood deficiency (pale, lusterless complexion and nails) - menstrual dysfunction, vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding - very common herb for gynecological disorders (Si Wu Tang).
• Calms liver yang, alleviates pain from constrained liver qi or disharmony between the liver and the spleen due to liver yang rising - cramping and spasms (limbs and abdomen), abdominal pain from dysentery, headache and dizziness.
• Preserves yin, adjusts ying and wei levels - vaginal discharge and spermatorrhea, exterior wind-cold from deficiency with continuous sweating, spontaneous sweating, night sweats.

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Bai Zhu

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Atractylodes (White) Rhizome

Usages

• Tonifies the spleen, augments qi, dries dampness - diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite, vomiting, edema.
• Stabilizes the exterior and stops sweating - spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency.
• Calms the fetus - arising from spleen deficiency.

Chuan Xiong

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Szechuan Lovage Root

Usages

• Invigorate blood, promote movement of Qi - any blood stasis pattern, important for gynecological issues (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, difficult labor, lochioschesis).
• Expels wind and alleviates pain - headache (temporal, vertex), dizziness, painful obstructions, skin issues.
• Headache - moves qi upward and alleviates pain; headaches due to wind, heat, cold, blood deficiency.