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Yuan Zhi (zhi) - Lab Tested, 1lb

Yuan Zhi (zhi) - Lab Tested, 1lb

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Polygala transforms phlegm, opens the Heart orifice, reestablishes harmonious communication between the Heart and Kidneys. Prepared with Licorice root


Prepared with Licorice root

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, rd ed.

  • Calms the spirit and quiets the Heart: for insomnia, palpitations with anxiety, restlessness and disorientation. Most effective in cases related to excessive brooding or constrained, pent-up emotions as well as those related to lack of communication between the Heart and Kidneys.*
  • Expels phlegm, clears the orifices, and stops coughs: used when phlegm envelops the orifice of the Heart with such manifestations as emotional and mental disorientation, spasms, or seizures. Also used for phlegm affecting the Lungs with copious sputum, expecially when it is difficult to expectorate. Recently, it has also been used for angina pectoris.*
  • Reduces abcesses and dissipates swellings: for boils, abscesses, sores, and swollen, painful breasts. Used in powdered form and applied topically for the early stages of sores.*

The preparation method for this herb reduces its drying property along with it's numbing taste and tendency to irritate the throat. The preparation also enhances its ability to calm the spirit.

English Name: Processed (with Licorice root) Polygala, Chinese Senega Root, thinleaf milkwort
Chinese Name: Yuan Zhi (Zhi)
Unit Size: 1 pound
Potency: 1:1
Taste: Bitter, Acrid - Bensky
Properties: Slightly Warm - Bensky
Channels Entered: Heart, Lung - Bensky
Actions: Transforms phlegm, opens the Heart orifice, reestablishes harmonious communication between the Heart and Kidneys
Pattern: Lack of communication between Heart and Kidneys; Phlegm enveloping the orifice of the Heart; Phlegm affecting the Lungs; Abscess and swellings - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology: Insomnia, palpitations with anxiety, restlessness, disorientation; Cough, emotional and mental disorientation, spasms, seizures; Angina pectoris; Boils, abscesses, sores, swollen and painful breasts - Bensky
Materia Medica: Calm the Spirit
Contraindications: This herb is relatively warm and drying, and unless prepared, can be irritating when ingested. Contraindicated for those with yin deficiency with heat signs as well as those with peptic ulcers or gastritis. - Bensky


Ingredients

Zhi Yuan Zhi - Polygala tenuifolia Praeparata (Lab Tested) Cleaned Yuan Zhi is added to concentrated decoction of Gan Cao. It is covered and left to soak and then slowly boiled until most of the liquid is absorbed. It is then removed and dried in the sun.

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