WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

 It is the dried bud of Eugenia caryophllata Thunb. It is usually collected from September to March, when the buds becoem red from green. Footstalk must be removed, and dried in the sunshine. The raw one can be used.

[ Medicinal Properties ]: Pungent in flavor, warm in nature; relate to the spleen , stomach, lung and kidney merdians.

[ Medicinal Efficacies ]: Warming the middle energizer to check adverse rise of qi ; expel cold and relieve pain; tonifying kidney and strengthen yang.

[ Clinical Applications ]: 1. Vomiting, hiccup due to stomach cold     In treating vomiting due to stomach cold, it is usually used in combination with Banxia, Shengjiang; in treating hiccup due to deficiency-cold, it can be cobined with Renshen, Shengjiang, Shidi, such as in the formula Dingxiang Shidi Decoction; In treating syndrome of deficiency cold of spleen and stomach, manifesting as vomiting, loss appetite, diarrhea, it is often used together with Sharen, Baizhu.

2. Cold pain in epigastric abdomen   In treating for cold pain in epigastric abdomen due to congealing cold , it is usually used in combination with Gaoliangjiang, Xiaohuixiang, such as in the formula Dingxiang Zhitong Powder.

3.Impotence due to kidney deficiency      In treating syndrome of deficiency of kindey-yang, manifesting as impotence, weakness of feet, it is usually used in combination with Fuzi, Rougui, bajitian.

[ Usage ang Dosage ]: 1-3g is used for oral use.

[ Precautions ]: It is not suitable to use with Yujin together.

[ Annotations]: Mudingxiang     It is the nearly mature fruit of Eugenia caryophllata Thunb. its property , function is similar to the bud, but the force is weak and function is less. Dosage is the same as Gong-Dingxiang.

丁香为桃金娘科植物丁香Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb．的干燥花蕾。习称公丁香。主产于坦桑尼亚、马来西亚、印度尼西亚，我国主产于广东、海南等地。通常于9月至次年3月，花蕾由绿转红时采收，晒干。生用。