Hai Ma
| Hai Ma in TCM:Explore the properties of Hai Ma according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: sea horse
Pharmacuetical Name: Hippocampus
Properties: sweet, salty, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: KD, LV
Flavors: sweet, salty
Tonifies: yang
Special Properties:
circulates blood
Actions / Indications:
- Tonifies KD; fortifies yang (urinary incontinence,
impotence, deficient wheezing debility of elderly)
- Invigorates blood; dispels stasis (abdominal masses;
sores and boils; topical use for bleeding and pain from blood stasis)
One study on impotence showed an 83.2% success rate with 35g of tincture
daily, before bedtime, and of the following ingredients:Hai
Ma, Ge Jie, Lu Rong, Hai Shen, Gou Qi
Zi, Yin Yang Huo, and Wu
Wei Zi.
Contraindications:
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: yin deficiency with heat symptoms)
- (cc: not recommended for weak digestive conditions or wind-cold invasions)
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