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Part Used: Rhizome
Channel/Organ: Liver, Triple Burner
Taste: Acrid, slightly bitter
Common name: nutgrass
Energy: neutral
Botanical name: Cyperus rotundus L
Action: regulates Qi
Translation: aromatic appendage
Energetic Function:
1. Soothes Liver
2. Regulates the flow of Qi
3. Resolves the 6 depressions
4. Regulates menstruation
Comments:
1. It is the primary herb utilized for the treatment of irregular menstruation
and dysmenorhea.
2. Can be combined with [...]

Part Used: Leaves
Channel/Organ: Kidney, Liver
Taste: Pungent, sweet
Common name: Horny goat weed
Botanical name: Epimedium brevicornum M, E. sagittatum M,
E. pubescens M, E. wushanense T,
E. koreanum N
Energy: warming
Energetic Function:
1. Tonify Kidney Yang
2. Strengthen tendons and bone
3. Dispel Wind, remove Damp
Comments:
1. Used to improve male fertility, treat impotency and increase libido.
2. Can be utilized for female [...]

Part Used: leaves, shoots
Channel/Organ: Liver/Gallbladder,
Common name: capillaris Spleen/Stomach
Botanical name: Artemisia capillaries
Taste: bitter, acrid
Energy: cooling
Action: clear heat
Energetic Function:
1. Clear-Damp Heat from Liver/Gallbladder.
2. Clear Heat and release the Exterior.
Comments:
1. Principle herb to treat jaundice due to dampness.
2. Utilized to treat icteric hepatitis.
3. Releases exterior of fever symptoms.
4. Helps to reduce blood pressure.
5. Has a diuretic effect.
 
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