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Base de connaissancesPlantes

Du Zhong杜仲

Cortex EucommiaeEucommia Bark

Catégorie
Plantes qui tonifient le Yang
Nature
tiède
Saveur
doux, légèrement piquant
Tropisme
Rein, Foie
Méridiens secondaires
Cœur
Posologie
8–16 g

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Doses usuelles

Posologie
8–16 g
Tincture
2–4 ml

Actions & indications

Tonifies the Kidneys and Liver and strengthens the sinews and bones
  • Kidney and Liver Deficiency with a weak, sore or painful lower back and knees, fatigue and urinary frequency
  • Weakness of sinews and bones
Aids the smooth flow of Qi and Blood
Promotes circulation for weak sinews and bones
Calms the fetus
  • Deficiency Cold patterns with bleeding during pregnancy
  • Prevents miscarriage when the fetus is agitated or restless and when a pregnant woman has significant back pain or presents with a deficient condition
  • Threatened abortion
Lowers blood pressure
Dizziness and light-headedness due to Liver Yang Rising
Tonifies Kidney *Yang*
Reproductive and urinary disorders such as impotence and incontinence

Contre-indications

  • Contraindicated in Yin Deficiency Heat.
  • Contraindicated in pregnancy when sinking Qi symptoms are present, such as a dragging abdominal sensation and exhaustion.
  • Avoid combining with Qi-raising herbs such as Rx. Astragali Huang Qi, Rz. Cimicifugae Sheng Ma or Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu.

Incompatibilités

Antagonistic with Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen.

Associations

  • Kidney Deficiency causing low back pain or threatened miscarriage.

  • Kidney Yang Deficiency with low back pain and wheezing.

  • Deficiency Cold of the Kidneys with impotence and frequent urination.

  • Steaming bone disorder accompanied by coughing.

  • Damp-Cold back pain marked by soreness, swelling and localized coldness worsened by exposure to Cold, with a deep, slow pulse and a white, greasy tongue coating.

  • Habitual miscarriage.

  • Rising Liver Yang causing dizziness and light-headedness.

  • Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys and secures the Chong and Ren channels to strengthen the lower back, treating aching of the low back and knees and leg weakness that makes walking difficult, especially threatened miscarriage from Chong-Ren instability; also treats a restless fetus or pregnancy bleeding with low back pain and a sensation of downward dropping in the trunk, as well as fractured or broken bones.

  • Clears pathogenic Wind, Dampness and Cold and strengthens the Liver and Kidneys to fortify the sinews and bones, treating low back and leg pain, aching feet and knees, restricted joint movement and lower-limb weakness that results when Kidney and Liver Deficiency lets Wind-Damp-Cold invade; also treats hypertension arising from Liver and Kidney Deficiency.

  • Prepared as a salt-fried, liquor-soaked preparation for low back pain.

  • Cold legs with intolerance to Cold.

  • Low back pain occurring during and after menstruation.

  • Low back pain in the first trimester of pregnancy with a sensation of abdominal prolapse.

  • Unstable pregnancy marked by a restless fetus, bleeding, and a history of first-trimester miscarriage.

  • Ongoing bleeding following miscarriage.

Notes

  • It nourishes essence and marrow.
  • It stands as the principal Kidney Yang tonic for the lower body.
  • It is reported to strengthen resolve and dispel Damp-related genital itching (Damp-Heat).
  • Du Zhong descends into the Kidneys, strengthening Kidney Qi along with the sinews and bones, and governs the Qi level of the lower body to tonify the Liver and Kidneys. Niu Xi, in contrast, governs the Blood level of the lower body and moves through the Qi and Blood of the channels and collaterals.
  • Dry-fried Eucommia, Chao Du Zhong, enters the Kidney channel more directly, tonifies the Liver and Kidneys more strongly, and works better as an anti-hypertensive.
  • Charred Eucommia, Du Zhong Tan, can stop bleeding and is used when instability of the Chong and Ren channels causes abnormal uterine bleeding, such as prolonged periods or bleeding during pregnancy.
  • Eucommia Leaf, Du Zhong Ye, can effectively substitute for the bark in most of its clinical applications.

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