Traditional Chinese Medicine/Zhi Mu

Name Means:
 * Zhi
 * Mu

English:
 * anemarrhena rhizome

Tastes & Temperature:
 * ../Ku-Bitter/
 * ../Han-Cold/

Channels:
 * Hand Tai Yin of Lung
 * Foot Yang Ming or Stomach
 * Foot Shao Yin of Kidney

Actions & Indications:
 * Clear Heat & Drain Fire
 * nourish Yin, moisten dryness for Lung/Kidney Yin Deficiency with Heat
 * generate fluids and clear Heat

Contraindications:
 * Spleen/Stomach Deficient Cold
 * diarrhea due to Spleen Deficiency

Dosage:
 * 2-4 qian (6-12 grams)

back to:
 * ../Qing Re Hie Hu/
 * ../TCM Materia Medica/