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Enriches Kidney Yin and tonifies Kidney Yang

Deficiency of both Kidney Yin and Yang, the root of a deficiency-type Wind-stroke, rather than Liver Wind or rising Yang Mute paralysis (yin fei): weak, withered, cold or paralysed legs with a sore lower back Dry mouth with little or no wish to drink Cold feet, possibly alongside a flushed face from Yang floating up without an anchor Tongue pink or pale, with a moist or greasy coat; pulse deep (submerged), thin, weak, and possibly slow

Resolves Phlegm and opens the orifices

Phlegm misting the Heart and sensory orifices; Phlegm and turbidity attacking upward Tongue stiff and rigid; speech slurred or lost A dull or clouded mind

Modern uses

Stroke After-effects of stroke, including aphasia and weak legs Cerebrovascular diseases Cerebral arteriosclerosis Arteriosclerosis Hypertensive encephalopathy Hypertension secondary to glomerulonephritis or pyelonephritis Coronary heart disease Vascular dementia with decline in speech, thinking and coordination Dementia Aphasia Dysphagia Paralysis of the legs Numbness Paresthesia Acute transverse myelitis Myelanalosis Syringomyelia Poliomyelitis Guillain-Barre syndrome Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Primary lateral sclerosis Diabetes mellitus Hyperglycemia Wasting and thirsting presentations Obesity Urinary incontinence Itching Hysteria Schizophrenia shu di huang shan zhu yu rou cong rong ba ji tian zhi fu zi rou gui shi hu mai men dong shi chang pu yuan zhi fu ling wu wei zi