Bai Zi Ren
| Bai Zi Ren in TCM:Explore the properties of Bai Zi Ren according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name:platycladus seed, biota seed, Chinese arborvitae
seed, Oriental arborvitae seed
Pharmaceutical Name: Semen Platycladi
Properties: sweet, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: LI, HT, KD
Flavors: sweet
Tonifies: blood, yin
Special Properties:
resolves dryness, resolves food stagnation
Actions / Indications:
- Nourishes HT yin and blood; calms spirit (HT blood
defeciency with palpitations with anxiety, insomnia, forgetfulness,
irritability; night sweating)
- Moistens instestines; Unblocks bowels (consipation
in elderly, debilitated patients and post-partum women due to blood
or yin deficiency)
Other Notes:
- Often used with Suan Zao Ren to calm
shen and help insomnia w/spontaneous sweating or night sweating.
Contraindications:
- (cc: loose stools; phlegm disorders)
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