Tian Ma
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Other Names : Rhizoma Gastrodiae, 天麻, Gastrodia Rhizome, Celestial Hemp Corm, Tall Gastrodia Tiber
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Special Precautions of Tian Ma
Concurrent administration of this herb with sedatives such as barbiturates, antihistamines, narcotic analgesics, benzodiazepines and many others, will lead to prolonged sedation.
Benefits and uses of Tian Ma are
- Extinguishes Wind, calms the Liver and stops spasms and tremors
- Liver Wind due to either Heat or Cold with headache, dizziness, childhood convulsions, epilepsy, tonic-clonic spasms, opisthotonis, tetany and Wind-stroke
- Extinguishes Wind, subdues Rising Liver Yang and alleviates pain
- Wind-Phlegm patterns with headaches, dizziness and migraines
- Wind-stroke with hemiplegia, dizziness and numbness in the extremities
- Can be used for both Excess and Deficiency conditions
- Disperses Wind-Damp Bi
- Pain and numbness of the lower back and extremities due to Wind-Damp Bi
