Mu Li
| Mu Li in TCM:Explore the properties of Mu Li according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: oyster shell
Pharmacuetical Name: Concha Ostrae
Properties: salty, astringent, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: KD, LV
Flavors: astringent, salty
Special Properties:
disperses wind, reduces swelling
Alternate Forms:
- Sheng: to anchor LV yang and soften hardness
- Duan: absorbing acidity to prevent leakage
- Zhen Zu (Margarita Pteria martensii) - sweet, salty, cold;
HT and LV: sedates HT, settles tremors and palpitations, clears LV and
eliminates superficial obstruction; promotes healing and generates flesh
topically (0.3-0.9g)
Actions / Indications:
- Calms LV; Anchors floating Yang (LYR induced irritability,
severe insomnia, dizziness, headache, tinnitus, blurred vision; manic
depressive disorders, stronger than Long Gu to subdue LV yang)
- Prevents leakage of fluids (sweating due to steaming
bone disorder or post warm-febrile, spontaneous sweat, night sweats,
nocturnal emission, spermatorrhea, frequent urination, incontinence,
vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding due to deficiency)
- Softens hardness; dissipates nodules (various lumps
in neck, scrofula, goiter, breast cysts)
- Neutralizes Acidity; Relieves Pain (Stomach fire
with acid reflux: modern use for GI ulcers; chronic sores and ulcers,
eczema, damp rashes: external or internal use)
Special Notes:
- (cook: crush and cook 20-30 minutes first)
- Compare Mu Li to >Shi Jue Ming and Long
Gu.
Contraindications:
- (cc: SP/ST deficient cold)
- (cc: overdose, especially of duan form, may cause indigestion or constipation)
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