hai shen

Name: hai shen
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About hai shen

Hai Shen is the sea cucumber. The catalogue holds the name and nothing else.

Names

Pinyin	hai shen

Actions and indications

Tonifies Kidney Yang and augments Essence

Kidney deficiency with aging: impotence, nocturnal emission, weak or frequent urination, and a sore, weak lower back

Nourishes Blood and Yin

Depleted Essence and Blood showing as general weakness; moistening rather than drying, unlike many Yang tonics

Moistens dryness of the Intestines

Constipation from Blood or Yin deficiency, as in older people or after childbirth

Stops bleeding

Bleeding from injury
Coughing or vomiting of blood
Blood in the stool

Cautions

contraindication Damp-Phlegm, weak digestion, or acute Excess or Damp-Heat; a rich, cloying tonic can burden a weak Spleen and Stomach and add to Damp and stagnation
caution Where digestion is weak, take it only with a qualified practitioner or with dietary advice
contraindication Shellfish or other seafood allergy; it is a marine animal food, and any seafood allergy should be disclosed to the practitioner

Interactions

Drug interactions

Anticoagulant and antiplatelet medicines: sea cucumber polysaccharides have shown strong anticoagulant activity in laboratory work, and a clinical herb-drug reference warns they may add to these drugs and raise bleeding risk; precautionary, not a demonstrated interaction

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