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Achyranthes and Cyathula Root (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae et Radix Cyathulae)

Location found

Achyranthes root – Henan Province, China

Cyathula root – Sichuan Province, China

Flavor & Property

Bitter and sour; neutral

Effects

Promotes blood circulation, eliminates blood stasis, reinforces the liver and kidney and strengthens the tendons and bones

Use

Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, dystocia and retention of placenta caused by blood stasis

* used with safflower, peach kernel, Chinese angelica root and chuanxiong rhizome

Aching pain in the legs

* used with prepared rehmannia root, tortoise plastron and tiger bones

Hematuria, difficult urination and pain in the urethra during micturition

* used with Chinese angelica root, Chinese pink herb, recepaper pith and talc

Hematuresis, epistaxis, tooth-ache, canker sores, headache and vertigo

* used with cogongrass rhizome, capejasmine fruit and field thistle

Tooth-ache and canker sores

* used with dried rehmannia root, ophiopogon root, anemarrhena rhizome and gypsum

Dosage & Administration

6-15g (boiled in water for oral use)

Precaution & Contractindication

Pregnant women and women with profuse menstruation

Note:  It is important to be evaluated by a health professional before taken this drug.

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