E Zhu (cu zhi) 40 packets 2 grams

E Zhu (cu zhi) Granules, 2 gm packets

Brand: TCM Zone 5:1 Singles

English name: Curcuma Rhizome (prepared)

Chinese name: E Zhu (cu zhi) Granules

Unit Size: 100 gram bottle

Potency: 5:1 extract granules

Taste: Bitter, acrid - Bensky

Properties: Warm - Bensky

Contraindications: Pregnancy or in those with excessive menstruation - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: Abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal masses, epigastric masses due to blood stasis; Pain, distention, fullness, and constriction in the chest and abdomen due to food stagnation; childhood nutritional impairment - Bensky

Actions: Promotes the movement of blood and qi, breaks up accumulations, reduces food stagnation - Bensky

Pattern: Blood stasis, food stagnation

Channels Entered: Liver, Spleen

Ingredients: E Zhu (cu zhi) - Curcumae Rhizoma Praeparata

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

• Breaks up blood stasis, promotes the movement of qi, and alleviates pain: for abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal masses, and epigastric masses due to blood stasis.
• Dissolves accumulations and alleviates pain: for pain, distention, fullness, and constriction in the chest and abdomen due to food stagnation. Also for childhood nutritional impairment.

"There are two way to prepare vinegar curcuma rhizome (e zhu). Either boil the entire root in water and vinegar at a moderate temperature and then slice it, or spray the already sliced herb with vinegar and then dry-fry it. After preparing with vinegar, Curcumae Rhizoma (e zhu) is better able to enter the blood level of the Liver channel, and its ability to disperse stasis and stop pain is enhanced."- Bensky

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