Yu Zhu
| Yu Zhu in TCM:Explore the properties of Yu Zhu according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: Polygonatum Rhizome, fragrant Solomon's
Seal
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati
Properties: sweet, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: LU, ST
Flavors: sweet
Tonifies: yin
Special Properties:
clears heat, disperses wind, resolves dryness
Actions / Indications:
- Nourishes yin; moistens LU dryness (dryness attacking
lungs, yin deficiency with cough, dry throat)
- Generates fluids; Relieves thirst (xiao ke, Stomach
yin deficiency with dry throat; thirst)
- Treats exterior wind-heat invasion with yin deficiency
(concurrent yin deficiency and external wind-heat; thirst; slight chills,
dry throat, cough, fever, headache, irritability, difficult to expectorate
phlegm)
- (cc: phlegm in ST or cold in middle jiao)
Special Notes:
- Yu Zhu and Huang Jing
both nourish LU and ST, but Yu Zhu more strongly tonifies ST yin and
moistens dryness while Huang Jing more effectively tonifies KD yin with
symptoms of dizziness, soreness, and weakness of low back and knees.
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