Hey, I'm back after a few days to analyze the second 4th divisional officer's herb in An Gong Niu Huang Wan which is Zhen Zhu.
Relief Shock and Resuscitation
We are still within the perimeter of the above and not drift away.
Primarily. it should carry out it's duty as 4th divisional officer's herb to assist with the therapeutic functions of the monarch's herbs to calm the anxious mood of the child.
In another words, more importantly, this means and applies to pacify the shock from epilepsy and limbs jerkings in our topic.
Pearl
It's actually an oyster pearl formed after slightly stimulated and is the real pearl that would be wear as pearl necklace.
The 3 types of oysters that produces the pearl which would be then ground to powder to be used as pearl powder are:
- 1) Zhen Zhu is sedative and is also powerful in overcoming anxious mood.
- 2) Zhen Zhu is cold and salty by virtue and so it can relieve sore eye and eliminate pterygium as well in the TCM perspective.
- 3) and therefore it would also close up wound and heal festering ulcers.
Association to a Specific Meridian Channel
Zhen Zhu is associated with the
- Heart
- Liver- meridian channels respectively
Specific Taste
Zhen Zhu possesses a sweet inclined to salty taste.
Specific Properties
Next, I'll touch on the specific property of Zhen Zhu which is cold.
As a rule of thumb, it is very appropriate to apply:
(Zhèn xīn dìng jīng, qīng gān chú yì, shōuliǎn shēng jī ) whenever Zhen Zhu 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
***Reference:
( Emperor's Interior Sutra is available on sales better known as the esoteric scripture of the yellow emperor in Amazon, it's just a different way of naming the book cover)

