Properties: Sweet, neutral
Meridans Entered:
Primary: Liver
Traditional Actions/Indications:
- Extinguishes Wind, subdues Liver Yang and stops spasms and tremors
Headache, dizziness, insomnia
Epilepsy, pediatric convulsions, tonic-clonic spasms, opistohotonus
Hypertension, cerebral vascular disease or stroke
- Dispels Wind, frees the flow of Qi, stops pain and strengthens the sinews and bones
Wind-Damp Bi resulting in pain and/or numbness of the low back and extremities
Suggested Daily Dosage: Normally 3-4g in mycelial tablets per day, or 30-60g in decoction. Mushrooms should ideally be decocoted for at least 40 minutes and preferably 1-2 hours to fully extract the polysaccharides from within the chitin cell walls.
Notes:
Most of the information has been taken from Crane Herb: About Armillaria (Mi Huan Jun) with supporting evidence from Powell (2014), Medicinal Mushrooms: A Clinical Guide.
Does not appear in any formulae listed on this site
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Reference Notes:
Individual herb information has sourced mainly from TCM Wiki and American Dragon for basic data and then updated manually with my own notes. Zhou, Xie and Yan (2011): Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Vol. 5, and A+ Medical Encyclopaedia have been used for entries not available from those sources with additional material searched for and filled in where available. Western herbs not appearing in the Chinese literature have used Ross (2010): Combining Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine: A Clinical Materia Medica, White Rabbit Institute of Healing and therapeutika.ch. Choices of which source to use or combine have been my own.
These pages are intended to assist clinicians and are not intended for self-diagnosis or treatment for which a qualified professional should be consulted. Actions and indications are taken from traditional uses and do not necessarily reflect the evidence base which should be researched independently. Dosages are for guidance only and will vary dependening on the potency of the batch and the tolerance of the individual so should be evaluated by a professional based on individual needs.
