Tu Si Zi
| Tu Si Zi in TCM:Explore the properties of Tu Si Zi according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: cuscutta, dodder seed
Pharmacuetical Name: Semen Cuscutae
Properties: acrid, sweet, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: KD, LV
Flavors: sweet, pungent
Tonifies: yin, yang
Special Properties:
essence
Actions / Indications:
- Tonifies the Yang and Yin; stabilizes the essence; retains
urine (kidney deficiency with impotence, HT qi deficiency from
excessive worry, , polyuria, dripping cloudy urine, nocturnal emission,
inctontinence, premature ejaculation, tinnitus, sore or painful low
back; vaginal discharge)
- Tonifies LV and KD; improves vision (LV and KD deficiency
with dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, spots in eyes)
- Calms fetus (restless fetus, prevents habitual miscarriage)
- Tonifies SP and KD yang to stop diarrhea (diarrhea
or loose stool due to both SP and KD deficiency; poor appetite)
- (cc: fire from yin deficiency - especially patients who are easily
aroused sexually)
- (cc: constipation and scanty dark urine)
Special Notes:
- Pharmacologically Tu Si Zi is hepatoprotective and has been shown
to have a general strengthening property which helped mice resist hypoxia
and swim longer.
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