Tu Si Zi 100 cap

Tu Si Zi Capsules

Unit Size: 100 Capsules

Potency: 5:1 extract granules encapsulated

Taste: Acrid, Sweet - Bensky

Properties: Neutral - Bensky

Contraindications: Although this is a neutral herb, it leans toward tonifying the yang. For this reason it should not be used for fire from yin deficiency or in those with constipation and scanty, dark urine.- Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: impotence, nocturnal emissions, premature ejaculation, tinnitus, urinary frequency, sore painful back, vaginal discharge; dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, spots before the eyes; diarrhea, loose stools, lack of appetite; restless fetus - Bensky

Actions: Warms the primal yang, nourishes the yin, secures the essence, tonifies the Kidneys, Liver, and Spleen without being cloying - Bensky

Pattern: Kidney yang deficiency; Liver and Kidney yin and yang deficiency; Deficiency of the Spleen and Kidneys - Bensky

Channels Entered: Kidney, Liver - Bensky

English name: Cuscuta; Chinese Dodder Seeds; Cuscutae Semen

Description

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Tonifies the yang, augments the yin, and secures the essence and the urine: for patterns of Kidney yang deficiency with such symptoms as impotence, nocturnal emissions, premature ejaculation, tinnitus, urinary frequency, sore painful back, or vaginal discharge.*
• Tonifies the Kidneys and Liver and improves the vision: for patterns of Liver and Kidney yin and yang deficiency (e.g. deficient essence) with such symptoms as dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, or spots before the eyes.*
• Benefits the Spleen and Kidneys and stops diarrhea: for diarrhea or loose stools with a lack of appetite from deficiency of both the Spleen and Kidneys.*
• Calms the fetus: an important herb for habitual or threatened miscarriage.*

Ingredients

• Tu Si Zi - Cuscutae Semen