Yu Zhu Usages and Indications

• Nourish yin, moisten dryness - lung and stomach dry heat or yin deficiency patterns with cough, dry throat, thirst, irritability, steaming bone disorder, xiao ke, excess hunger, constipation.
• Clear wind, softens and moistens the sinews - wind generated by insufficient fluids, leading to pain and spasms in the sinews, dizziness from yin deficiency and internal movement of wind.
• Also useful for wind-heat in yin deficient constitution (not cloying herb).

Dosage and Preparation Notes For Yu Zhu

• Dosage: 9-15g

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Our database contains 1 TCM Formula where Yu Zhu is generally used

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• Sha Shen Mai Dong Wan -Glehnia and Ophiopogonis Decoction (Treat Dryness)

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