Zhi Mu Usages and Indications

• Clears heat, drains fire - high fever, irritability, thirst, and a rapid flooding pulse in patterns of excessive heat in the lungs and/or stomach; cough due to lung heat with thick yellow sputum.
• Nourishes yin, moistens dryness - deficiency of lung and kidney yin, night sweats, steaming bone disorder, irritability, afternoon or low-grade fevers, bleeding gums, five-center heat; also for kidney heat signs - spermatorrhea, nocturnal emission, high sexual desire.
• Generates fluids and clears heat - oral ulcers and inflammation due to yin deficiency, wasting and thirsting disorder.

Cautions and Contraindications

• Avoid in patients with diarrhea from spleen deficiency.
All Cautions

Dosage and Preparation Notes For Zhi Mu

• Dosage: 6-12g

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Staff Clinical Notes

• Ideal choice where heat has dried the yin fluid.
• The herb may be fried in salt water to enhance the nourishing kidney function.
• Often combined with tonifying/warming herbs when they may be too hot/drying (Huang Qi, Gui Zhi, Zhi Fu Zi, etc.).
• Research has shown this herb to have antibacterial properties.

Our database contains 13 TCM Formulas where Zhi Mu is generally used

B

• Bi Yan Wan -Nose Inflammation Tablets (Treat Phlegm)

C

• Chu Kou Wei Wan -Chu Kou Wei Wan (Clear Heat)

E

• Er Xian Wan -Two Immortal Decoction (Tonify)

J

• Jiang Ya Wan -Repress The Blood Pressure Pills (Harmonize)

L

• Li Dan Wan -Benefit The Gallbladder Pills (Expel Dampness)

M

• Mai Men Dong Yin Zi Wan -Ophiopogon and Trichosanthes Combination (Treat Dryness)

Q

• Qing Hao Bie Jia Wan -Artemisia Annua and Soft-Shelled Turtle Formula (Clear Heat)

S

• Shen Jing Shuai Ruo Wan -Stress Reducing Pill (Calm The Spirit)
• Suan Zao Ren Wan -Sour Jujube Decoction (Calm The Spirit)

T

• Te Xiao Zao Ren An Mian Wan -Peaceful Sleep Tablets (Calm The Spirit)

X

• Xiao Feng Wan -Clear Wind Pill (Expel Wind)
• Xin Yi Qing Fei Wan -Magnolia Flower Drink To Clear The Lungs (Release the Exterior)

Z

• Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan -Eight Flavor Rehmannia Teapills (Tonify)