Yu Jin
| Yu Jin in TCM:Explore the properties of Yu Jin according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: curcuma, aromatic turmeric tuber
Pharmacuetical Name: Radix Curmcumae
Properties: acrid, bitter, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: HT, LV, GB
Flavors: bitter, pungent
Special Properties:
circulates qi, circulates blood, clears heat, resolves phlegm
Actions / Indications:
- Invigorates blood, moves qi, alleviates pain (pain
due to qi stagnation and blood stasis in chest, pain due to traumatic
injury; hypochondriac regions, abdomen; dysmenorrhea)
- Clears Heart; cools blood; relieves Liver constraint
(anxiety, agitation, depression, phlegm-heat obstructing Heart orifices;
seizures, mental derangement; also used for hematemesis, epistaxis due
to heat in the blood, epilepsy, mania, disturbed shen)
- Benefits Gallbaldder; relieves jaundice (gallstones,
jaundice)
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: yin deficiency due to blood stasis)
Special Notes:
- Yu Jin has been shown to be 75% effective to treat pre-ventricular contractions (PVC).
- Yu Jin Antagonizes ding xiang
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