Single Herbs
Formula
Single Herbs
| Category | Bu Xu Yao
補虛藥 |
| Sub Category | Bu Yang
補陽 |
| Name | Jiu Zi
韭子 Allium seed |
| Grown | Throughout China. |
| Source | Seed of Allium fuberosum Rottler. |
| Ingredients | Volatile oil. |
| Pharma Effect | |
| Properties | Acrid, sweet, warm |
| Channels | Liver, kidney |
| Function | Tones liver and kidney, warms lower back and knees, strengthens yang and controls nocturnal emission. |
| Clinic Usage | For deficient kidney yang, impotence due to deficient liver and kidney, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, nocturnal emission, enuresis, urinary incontinence, and excessive leukorrhea. |
| Cautions | Contraindicated in cases of yin deficiency with strong fire signs. |
| Dosage | 5~10g |
| Storage | Store in a dry place. |
