| Pharmaceutical Name: |
Fructus Psoraleae |
| Botanical Name: |
Psoralea Corylifolia L. |
| Common Name: |
Psoralea Fruit |
| Source of Earliest Record: |
Yaoxing Lun |
| Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
The ripe fruit is gathered in autumn, and then it is dried in the sun. |
| Properties and Taste: |
Bitter, pungent and very warm |
| Meridian: |
Kidney and spleen |
| Functions: |
To tonify kidneys and strengthen yang
To prevent emissions and nocturnal urination
To warm the spleen and stop diarrhea |
| Indications and Combinations: |
1. Deficient kidneys manifested as impotence and soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees.
*Use with Dadder seed (Tusizi), Cistanche (Roucongrong) and Eucommia bark (Duzhong).
2. Nocturnal urination and emissions due to kidney deficiency.
*Use with Bitter cardamom (Yizhiren) and Dioscorea (Shanyao).
3. Diarrhea due to deficiency of yang of the spleen and kidneys.
*Use with Evodia fruit (Wuzhuyu), Nutmeg (Roudoukou) and Schisandra fruit (Wuweizi) in the formula Sishen Wan.
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| Dosage: |
5-10 g |
| Cautions: |
This herb is contraindicated in cases with deficiency of yin with excessive fire as well as constipation. |
