Nuo Dao Gen糯稻根
Radix Oryzae GlutinosaeGlutinous Rice Root
Also known asSweet Rice Root
- Category
- Herbs that stabilize and bind
- Nature
- neutral
- Taste
- sweet
- Channels entered
- Kidney, Liver, Lung
- Secondary channels
- Heart
- Dosage
- 15–60 g
Usual doses
- Dosage
- 15–60 g
- Tincture
- 2–4 ml
Actions & indications
- Stops sweat due to Deficiency
- Sweating due to Qi Deficiency
- Night sweats due to Yin Deficiency
- Reduces low-grade fevers
- Deficient Yin fevers
Combinations
Abnormal sweating from debility, such as following a prolonged illness
- Sheng Di Huang
- (
- Sha Shen)
- Di Gu Pi
Yin Deficiency Heat
Low-grade fever and other Deficiency Heat symptoms
- Yi Yi Ren
- Bai Dou Kou
- Chen Pi
- Gu Ya
Dyspepsia with poor appetite
- Huang Qin
- Bai Zhu
Prevention of miscarriage
Spontaneous sweating due to Qi Deficiency
Notes
- It can be used alone, sweetened with sugar, or combined with other herbs.
- It is said to tonify Qi, transform Phlegm, nourish Stomach Yin, dispel Wind-Dampness, treat genital Cold, calm the fetus, harmonize the Blood, and remedy frostbite and metal wounds.
- It effectively treats night sweats.
- It is also used for fever, spontaneous sweating, hepatitis, and filariasis.
- For chyluria, a decoction of 120g Nuo Dao Gen is taken twice daily over a 20-day course.
- For spontaneous sweating from Qi Deficiency, Nuo Dao Gen may be used by itself.