Gou Teng
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Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: gambir
Pharmacuetical Name: Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis
Properties: sweet, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: LV, PC
Flavors: sweet
Special Properties:
clears heat, disperses wind, resolves phlegm
Actions / Indications:
- Extinguishes wind; alleviates spasms and convulsions
(high fever with LYR, childhood convulsions due to high fever, Liver
wind with tremors, clenching of jaw, seizures, eclampsia, stroke / bells
palsy due to LV wind with phlegm)
- Clears LV fire, pacifies LYR (Liver fire and LYR
induced headache, dizziness, irritability, red eyes, windstroke, modern
use for hypertension; also for wind-heat with fever, headache, red eyes)
Special Notes:
- (cooking: do not cook for more than 20 minutes)
- Gou Teng acts as a sedative but not a tranquilizer. It maintains the shen but does not treat insomnia.
- Gou Teng and Ren Dong Teng both treat
wind. Gou Teng is stronger in treating twitching and spasm caused by
LV wind and LV heat, whereas Ren Dong Teng relieves pain due to wind-heat
in the channels and collaterals.
- Gou Teng and Tian Ma both treat twitching,
pacify the LV, and extinguish wind. Gou Teng is cold has is stronger
to extinguish wind d/t LYR. Tian Ma does not clear heat as strongly
as Gou Teng, but it is stronger to relieve pain and also moistens dryness.
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