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Pin Yin: tianma
Botanical family: Orchidaceae
Botanical name: Gastrodia elata Bl.
Primary action: Extinguish Wind, Stop Spasm
Secondary actions:
Dispel Wind Dampness
Temperature: slightly warm
Taste: sweet
Entering Channel: Lv
Actions:
Calms Liver and extinguishes Interior Wind; used for Interior Liver Wind
associated with either Heat or Vacuity of Blood depending upon other
herbs with which it is combined; used for headache, dizziness, convulsions,
spasms and cramps, and tetanus.
Extinguishes Wind and relieves pain associated with Interior Wind Phlegm
patterns; used for migraines, dizziness, hemiplegia, and numbness in the
extremities.
Expels Wind Damp Painful Impediments in the Channels, especially of
the lower back and extremities.
(See
Liver Wind Moving Internally
;
Phlegm
;
Wind-Damp Bi
.)
Dosage:
1-3 qian.
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