Wu Yao
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Other Names : Spicebush Root, Radix Linderae Strychnifoliae, Lindera
See also : Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Special Precautions of Wu Yao
Benefits and uses of Wu Yao are
In the Chinese Herbal Materia Medica, Wu Yao belongs to category of herbs that rectify the qi.
- Taste: acrid
- Temperature: warm
- Channels Entered: Bladder, Kidney, Lung, Spleen
- Actions:
- Promotes the movement of qi, alleviates pain. Flank, chest, epigastric, abdominal pain, hernia, menstrual pains due to cold constraint and qi stagnation.
- Disperses coldness, warms the Liver & Kidneys. Frequent urination or incontinence due to kidney yang deficiency and cold from deficiency of the bladder.
