What is Ox-Knee Root or Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae?
Article Content:
- .Basic Botanical data and Identification of Ox-Knee Root.
- .Origin of Ox-knee root.
- .Phytochemicals and Main constituents.
- .Functions and Medicinal Uses of Ox-knee root in TCM.
- .Applications of Ox-knee root.
- .Pharmacology of Ox-knee root Constituents:Inokosterone and Ecdysterone.
- .How to use Ox-knee Root:Dosage and Administration.
- .Reference Materials of Ox-knee Root.
- .Modern Researches of Ox-knee Root.
- .Research Update:Ox-knee Root.
Applications of Ox-knee root.
1. To treat amenorrhea (abnormal absence or suppression of menses), dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation) and irregular menstruation due to obstruction by blood stasis, postpartum abdominal pain, pain due to traumatic injuries, etc.:
This herb is good at conducting its potency downward to promote blood circulation and regulate menstruation.
a) Various gynecological disorders in menstruation and child delivery: This herb is often used in combination with peach kernels, safflower, Chinese angelica, etc.
b) Pain with blood stasis at the waist and knees due to traumatic injuries: It is used in combination with Himalaya teasel root (Radix Dipsaci), Chinese angelica, olibanum, myrrh, etc.
2. To treat lumbago due to deficiency of kidneys, debility of the waist and knees due to long obstruction of qi there, etc.:
The preparation of this herb can nourish the liver and kidneys and strengthen bones and muscles, and the preparation of ox-knee root (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae) is particularly good.
a) Pain in the waist and lassitude in the knees due to deficiency of the liver and kidneys: This herb is often used in combination with liver and kidney tonics such as eucommia bark, Himalaya teasel root (Radix Dipsaci), Chinese angelica, prepared rehmannia, etc.
b) Soreness and pain of the waist and knees due to prolonged arthralgia: It is often used in combination with herbs that dispel pathogenic wind-dampness and strengthen bones and muscles, such as pubsecent angelica root (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis), parasitic loranthus, etc.
c) Flaccidity (not firm or stiff) and weakness of the feet and knees due to damp-heat: This herb is used in combination with Chinese atractylodes (Rhizoma Atractylodis) and corktree bark (Cortex Phellodendri), e.g., San Miao Wan.
3. To treat strangury, edema, dysuria (difficult or painful discharge of urine), etc.:
This herb is good at conducting its potency downward to induce diuresis and relieve strangury.
a) Strangury caused by heat, strangury complicated by hematuria (blood in urine), strangury from urolithiasis (a condition that is marked by the formation or presence of calculi in the urinary tract), etc.:
It is used in combination with cluster mallow fruit (Fructus Malvae Verticillatae), fringed pink (Herba Dianthi), talcum, etc., e.g., Niuxi Tang.
b) Edema and dysuria:
It is used in combination with rehmannia, oriental water plantain rhizome (Rhizoma Alismatis), Asiatic plantain seed (Semen Plantaginis), etc., e.g., Jisheng Shenqi Wan.
4. To treat syndromes due to flaring-up of fire or heat and hyperactivity of fire due to yin-deficiency:
Purging and descending with its bitter taste, this herb can conduct fire (blood) downward in order to send down up-flaring fire. Therefore it is used for syndromes due to the flaring-up of fire or heat and hyperactivity of fire due to yin-deficiency such as headache, dizziness, hematemesis (vomiting blood), epistaxis (nosebleed), etc.
a) Headache, dizziness and conjunctival congestion due to hyperactivity of liver-yang: This herb is used in combination with red ochre, oyster shell, etc., e.g., Zhengan Xifeng Tang, in order to calm the liver and suppress hyperactivity of liver-yang.
b) Gingivitis (inflammation of the gums of the mouth) and aphthae (roundish pearl-coloured specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc.) due to flaring-up of stomach-fire:
It is used in combination with rehmannia, gypsum, windweed rhizome (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae), etc., e.g., Yunu Jian, in order to clear heat from the stomach, nourish yin and remove fire.
c) Hematemesis and epistaxis due to adverse rising of qi and fire, forcing the blood to flow adversely: The herb is used in combination with cogongrass rhizome (Rhizoma Imperatae), pittosporum root, red ochre, etc., in order to conduct blood downward to remove fire and arrest bleeding.
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