Hu Po
| Hu Po in TCM:Explore the properties of Hu Po according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: amber
Pharmacuetical Name: Succinum
Properties: sweet, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: HT, UB, LV
Flavors: sweet
Special Properties:
circulates blood
Actions / Indications:
- Anchors spirit and calms shen (restlessness, palpitations
with anxiety, excessive dreams, insomnia, forgetfulness, childhood high
fever, convulsions or seizures)
- Invigorates blood; dissipates stasis (menstrual disorders
like amenorrhea, trauma, pain with palpable immobile masses due to blood
stasis, recent use for coronary artery disease)
- Promotes urination; unblocks PUD (painful urination,
edema, urinary retention, lin syndrome especially xue lin)
- Generates Flesh; Promotes Healing (apply topically
for chronic non-healing sores, carbuncles, ulcerations)
Special Notes:
- Hu Po may potentiate the effect of barbituates.
Contraindications:
- (cc: pregnancy caution)
- (cc: yin deficiency with heat)
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