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Warms Kidney and Spleen Yang

Kidney Yang, or Spleen and Kidney Yang, too weak to transform fluids, so water overflows Chronically cold person with chills, cold limbs, aversion to cold and shivering Tired and weak, with chronic low back pain, weak knees and heavy aching limbs Impotence and seminal emission Tai Yang Cold Damage passing into Shao Yin, with sweating that does not bring the fever down Tongue pale, or dark purple, swollen and tooth-marked, with a white slippery coat; pulse deep and thin, weak or slippery

Promotes urination and drains Water-Damp

Generalized or pitting edema, often worse in the lower body; gradual weight gain Urine scanty and difficult without thirst, or frequent and copious clear urine at night Loose stools or watery diarrhea, abdominal pain worse for cold, fullness and distension of the abdomen Nausea, cyclic vomiting or hiccup Leukorrhea Water flooding the Lungs: cough, wheezing, asthma and breathlessness Fluids backing up with a stuffy nose running clear, bouts of sneezing, or a feeling of something stuck in the throat

Calms the Heart and stops tremor

Water Qi insulting the Heart: palpitations, including throbbing below the heart, and chest pain Dizziness or vertigo worse on standing, with a heavy or distended head, feeling unsteady as if about to fall Twitching or trembling of muscles all over, especially after excessive sweating has damaged Yang

Modern uses

Edema, including renal and cardiac edema Edema in pregnancy Chronic glomerulonephritis and nephritis Nephrotic syndrome Chronic renal failure and renal atrophy Oliguria and polyuria Congestive heart failure Coronary heart disease Rheumatic valvular heart disease Cor pulmonale Arrhythmia and palpitations Liver cirrhosis and chronic liver disorders Ascites Chronic peritonitis Chronic enteritis and gastroenteritis Intestinal tuberculosis Chronic diarrhea Dysentery Irritable bowel syndrome Crohn's disease Celiac disease Constipation Indigestion Gastroptosis Poor appetite Nausea and vomiting, including cyclic vomiting Abdominal pain Abdominal fullness and distension Common cold and influenza Pneumonia Pleurisy Cough Chronic bronchitis Emphysema COPD Asthma Dyspnea Allergic rhinitis Chronic sinusitis Meniere's disease Dizziness and vertigo Primary hypertension Hypotension Basilar insufficiency Cerebral bleeding Post-concussion syndrome and headache Trigeminal neuralgia Facial tics Essential tremor Restless legs Monoplegia Carbon monoxide poisoning Primary hyperaldosteronism Hypothyroidism Hypopituitarism Rheumatoid arthritis, joint effusion Osteoarthritis Painful obstruction (Bi) Sciatica Piriformis syndrome Lumbar disc disease Low back pain Shoulder and upper back pain Raynaud's disease Thrombophlebitis Systemic lupus erythematosus Chronic fatigue syndrome Fatigue and weakness Obesity Profuse sweating Chronic eczema Scrotal eczema Pruritus Alopecia Leukorrhea Uterine prolapse Dysmenorrhea Amenorrhea Endometriosis Pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic, with effusion Postpartum pain Infertility Impotence Spermatorrhea Benign prostatic hypertrophy Prostatitis Insomnia Forgetfulness Anxiety Neurasthenia zhi fu zi bai zhu fu ling sheng jiang Bai Shao