Gou Teng 40 packets 2 grams

Gou Teng Granules, Box of 40 Packets (2g each)

Brand: TCM Zone

English name: Uncaria Granules

Chinese name: Gou Teng Granules

Unit Size: Box of 40 Packets (2g each)

Potency: 5:1 extract granules

Taste: Sweet - Bensky

Properties: slightly cold - Bensky

Contraindications: Use with caution in the absence of wind-heat or heat from excess. - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: Tremors, seizures, eclampsia due to Liver heat with internal stirring of Liver wind; Headache, irritability, red eyes, dizziness due to Liver fire and ascendant Liver yang patterns; Fever, headache, red eyes due to exterior wind-heat - Bensky

Actions: Drains Liver heat, settles Liver wind - Bensky

Pattern: Liver heat; Internal stirring of Liver wind; Liver fire; Ascendant Liver yang; Exterior wind-heat - Bensky

Channels Entered: Pericardium, Liver - Bensky

Ingredients

Gou Teng - Uncaria

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

• Extinguishes wind and alleviates spasms: for patterns of Liver heat with internal stirring of Liver wind with such symptoms as tremors, seizures, and eclampsia.
• Drains Liver heat and pacifies Liver yang: for Liver fire and ascendant Liver yang patterns with such symptoms as headache, irritability, red eyes, and dizziness. Recently used for hypertension, especially of this type.
• Releases the exterior: for exterior wind-heat patterns with such symptoms as fever, headache, and red eyes.

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