Hu Po琥珀
SuccinumAmber
También conocido comoPinus
- Categoría
- Substances that Anchor, Settle and Calm the Spirit
- Naturaleza
- neutro
- Sabor
- dulce
- Canales de destino
- Vejiga, Corazón, Hígado
- Canales secundarios
- Intestino delgado
- Dosis
- 1.5–3 g
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Dosis habituales
- Powder or Pill
- 1.5–3 g
Acciones & indicaciones
- Stops tremors and palpitations and calms the Spirit
- Shen disturbance with palpitations with anxiety, excessive dreams, insomnia, forgetfulness, and seizures
- Childhood convulsions and seizures due to Heart Blood Deficiency with Internal Wind
- Invigorates the Blood, dissipates Stasis and unblocks the menses
- Amenorrhea or pain associated with palpable immobile masses due to Blood Stasis (can be used alone for this)
- Coronary artery disease
- Promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction
- Urinary retention or painful urinary dysfunction (especially bloody urine)
- Reduces swelling and promotes healing (topical)
- Sores, carbuncles, and skin ulcerations
- Swelling and pain of the scrotum or vulva
Contraindicaciones
- Contraindicated in Yin Deficiency with Heat signs and/or frequent urination.
- Contraindicated in the absence of Blood Stasis.
- Contraindicated in cases of Internal Heat and Fire.
Interacciones
This herb enhances the sedative effect of barbiturates.
Combinaciones
Emotional distress and anxiety marked by palpitations, forgetfulness, and insomnia
- Suan Zao Ren
- Dang Gui
- Ren Shen
Blood Deficiency presenting with palpitations, anxiety, and insomnia
- Tian Zhu Huang
- Fu Ling
- Dan Nan Xing
Heat-induced childhood convulsions and insomnia
Childhood convulsions with insomnia
Seizures
Blood Stasis producing fixed, palpable masses with pain.
Blood-Stasis dysmenorrhea or amenorrhea
Chest Bi and coronary heart disease, with angina from Blood Stagnation
Retained lochia
Bloody Lin with urinary retention, as seen in renal or urinary calculi
Bloody Lin and Stone Lin
Edema accompanied by urinary dysfunction
- Bai Zhu
- Fu Ling
- Ren Shen
Generalized edema and urinary dysfunction from Spleen and Kidney Deficiency Cold
Long-nonhealing ulcerated sores
- Xiong Huang
- Ming Fan
Applied topically to vent and expel toxin from a back abscess
Applied topically for scrofula
Obstruction of superficial vision
- Ren Shen
- Fu Shen
- Shi Chang Pu
Restlessness with insomnia and palpitations
- Zhu Sha
- Niu Huang
- Quan Xie
- Tian Zhu Huang
- Dan Nan Xing
Epilepsy or trance states
Amenorrhea or postpartum bleeding from Qi and Blood Stagnation
Scrotal trauma
Hematemesis
Urinary calculi
Burning, painful urination
Notas
- This substance is the fossilized resin of a now-extinct pine species.
- Its name comes from a legend holding that a tiger's soul, upon death, sinks into the earth and turns into amber.
- It is useful as a sedative, particularly for convulsions or muscle spasms.
- Used by itself, it treats Blood Stagnation in the Lower Jiao at an internal dose of 0.9g twice daily for nine to ten days.
- Taken alone as a powder, it also addresses Kidney stones accompanied by hematuria.
- Some sources hold that it settles fright and calms shock.
- Some sources also credit it with stopping bleeding.
- Hu Po and Poria Fu Ling both calm the Spirit, promote urination, and treat Spirit disorders. Hu Po works at the Blood level with a draining tendency and suits cases where ascendant Yang or excess Fire disturbs the Heart; it transforms Stagnation and opens the orifices, treating painful urinary dysfunction from Bladder Damp-Heat or Blood Stagnation marked by scanty, painful, bloody urination. Fu Ling works at the Qi level with a tonifying tendency and suits cases where the Heart lacks nourishment or pathogenic water disturbs it; it boosts Qi and leaches out Dampness, treating Qi Deficiency that fails to transform fluids and results in edema and scanty urine.