NATURE:
Neutral; sweet; attributive to kidneys and spleen.
CHARACTERISTICS:
Root of a perennial herb, yellow or light brown, and can swell three to
four times in size when soak in water. It is a superior herb, widely used in
tonic for malnutrition, anemia, severe energy depletion, sexual incompetence
and infertility.
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS:
Nourish stomach and promote the production of body fluid; nourish yin and
lung deficiency with dry cough or fever; for dizziness and muscular spasm;
heal broken bones; nourish yin. Used for impotence, spermatorrhea, frequent
urination, lack of appetite, weak digestion, fatigue due to malnutrition;
broken bones; stomach and duodenal ulcers.
