E Zhu
| E Zhu in TCM:Explore the properties of E Zhu according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: curcuma zedoaria
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Curcumae
Properties: bitter, acrid, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: SP, LV
Flavors: bitter, pungent
Special Properties:
circulates qi, circulates blood, resolves food stagnation
Actions / Indications:
- Resolves blood stasis; promotes qi movement; alleviates pain
(epigastric masses and pain, abdominal, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea
due to blood stasis, postpartum abdominal pain)
- Dissolves accumulations of food (severe food stagnation;
constriction in chest or abdomen, pain, distension, fullness)
- Treats Cancer (modern use to treat cervical cancer;
also ovarian caner, liver cancer, and luekemia)
Special Notes:
- Often paired with San Leng to break up
blood stagnation.
- Malignant cancers like LU, ST, LV, and esophageal cancers have been treated successfully with intravenous injectiong of E Zhu.
- For psychiatric disorders with blood stasis like schizophrenia, 8
pills of E Zhu, Chi Shao, and Da
Huang was shown to be 59.1% effective.
Contraindications:
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: excessive menses)
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