Tu Si Zi (Yan Zhi)
Semen Cuscutae (cum aqua salina tost.)盐炙菟丝子
- Nature
- slightly Warm
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, slightly Salty, Sour, Sweet
- Meridians
- Kidney, Liver
- Class
- Supplementing Medicinals (Bu Yi Yao)Yang-Supplementing Medicinals (Bu Yang Yao)
- Dosage
- 10–15 g
Actions / Functions
- Tu Si Zi (Yan Zhi): this preparation allows Tu Si Zi to supplement Kidney Yin and Yang; the Sheng form has a tropism that is more directed to the Liver
- Supplements the Kidney
- Warms Kidney Yang
- Nurtures Kidney Yin
- Consolidates the Kidney
- Contains the urine
- Consolidates Jing
- Calms the fetus
- Supplements the Spleen
- Stops diarrhea