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This is how to Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions Part Seventy nine

Hey, I'm back to commence on the  remaining herb which is the messenger's herb, Niu Xi.  The  analysis of the Mai Dong had already being done in the earlier blog, please refer to it.

 

Without delay, we shall dive in to analyse Niu Xi which is typically classified into:

  • Huai niu xi and 
  • Chuan niu xi

and they are also better known as:

  1. Achyranthes Bidentata (grow in He Nan and nearby regions)
  2. Cyathula Officinalis (grow in Sichuan and nearby regionsrespectively




This is how to Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions part 79. The reasons for selection of Niu Xi as the messenger's herb is:

1) Niu Xi is a natural powerful regulative remedy for :

  • Irregular menstruation 
  • Post-partum stasis abdominal pain

2) it guides blood to flow downwards so as to lower the heat generated in the upper part of the body especially to combat epistaxis in the TCM perspective.

3) it uses its neutral property to assist the monarch's herb to purge the heat and wetness out of the body.

4) it is widely used in TCM orthopedics especially for treatment on the lower portion of the body fully utilising the downward guiding property.



Let's start with the threshold established so far:




Association to a Specific Meridian Channel


The reason why Niu Xi is classified into these names in the aforesaid paragraphs mainly because of the suitable cultivated region and only the root is used.


Niu Xi is associated with the: 

Liver

Kidney- meridian channels respectively




Specific Taste


Niu Xi possesses a bitter inclined to sourness, taste. 




Specific Properties


Next, I'll touch on the specific property of 

Niu Xi

which is neutral.



  
As a rule of thumb, it is very appropriate to apply:
(Huó xuè qū yū bǔ gān shèn qiáng jīn gǔ lì niào tōng lín yǐn xuè xià xíng) whenever Niu Xi is used.





I would like to leave you now with this  blog so as to give you more time to digest it.




Best of all 






Xiong



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