Wu Yao Lindera Root - Chinese Herbal Medicine
Wu Yao Names
- English Name: Lindera Root
- Pinyin Name: Wu Yao
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Image in ProductionWu Yao Clinical Usages and Indications
- Promotes the movement of Qi, alleviates pain by warming and dispersing - flank, chest, epigastric, abdominal pain, hernia, menstrual pains due to cold constraint and qi stagnation.
- Warms the kidneys - frequent urination or incontinence due to kidney yang deficiency and cold from deficiency of the bladder.
Wu Yao Dosage and Prep Notes
- Dosage: 3-9g
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Bi Xie Feng Qing Yin Wan
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- Generally for painful urination issues (gao lin) that arises from kidney yang deficiency.
- With related kidney yang deficiency pattern - chronic urinary tract infections, leukorrhea, vaginal thrush.
- Chronic prostatitis, particularly with white and cloudy urine.
- Expel Dampness
- Promote Urination and Leach out Dampness
- Cautions
- Avoid in cases arising from bladder damp heat - ba zheng wan or san jin wan would likely be better.
Ge Xia Zhu Yu Wan
- Drive Out Blood Stasis Below The Diaphragm Decoction
- For blood stasis below the diaphgram - abdominal masses, liver and spleen masses/swelling, colitis.
- A range of liver disorders are possibly applicable - cirrhosis, hepatic hemangioma, hepatitis, jaundice.
- Spleen disorders - splenomegaly.
- Pleural adhesions.
- A range of menstrual disorders - fibroids, endometriosis, dysmenorrhea (although Shao Fu Zhu Yu Wan may be more appropriate as that targets more the lower jiao).
- Pelvic inflammatory disease.
- May be used to help expel ectopic pregnancy.
- Invigorate the Blood
- Invigorate the Blood and Dispel Blood Stasis
- Cautions
- Pregnancy
- Avoid during pregnancy.
- Use only under direction during menstruation.
- Use only under direction if you are taking blood thinners.
- Generally not for long term use.
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