Dodder
Seed (tu
si zi)
Semen
Cuscutae
Properties:
Sweet
in flavour, warm in nature, it is tropistic to the liver,
kidney and spleen channels. Being sweet, warm and moist in
property, it functions in tonifying both kidney-yang and
：Cyin, nourishing the liver and improving vision. As a
tonic, it is not sticky and often serves to treat
syndromes of deficiency of the kidney and hypopsia due to
deficieccy of both liver-and kidney-yin. In addition, it
also functions in warming the spleen and arresting
diarrhea, serving to treat chronic diarrhea due to
spleen-deficiency.
Effects: Tonifying
the kidney, preserving essence, nourishing the liver to
improve vision and relieving diarrhea.
Indications:
1. For
insufficiency of kidney-qi, debility of the lower-jiao
manifested as soreness in the loins and knees, vertigo,
tinnitus, spermatorrhea, frequent micturation, impotence
and premature ejaculation, it is often used with drugs for
tonifying the kidney and reserving essence, such as Cornu
Cervi Pantotrichum, Cortex Eucommiae, Ootheca, Fructus
Schisandrae, etc.
2. For failure in
nourishing eyes and blurred vision due to yin-deficiency
of the liver and kidney, it can be used with drugs for
nourishing the liver and bettering vision, such as Fructus
Lycii, Semen Plantaginis, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata,
Semen Astragali Complanati, etc.
Besides, this herb
is also used to treat kidney-deficiency, induced
threatened abortion and chronic diarrhea due to
deficiency-cold of both the spleen and kidney.
Dosage and
Administration:
10-20g.
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For the
convenience of customers, we offer the
Dodder
Seed
(tu
si zi)
as the
quick-dissolving granule made through modern technology.
Directions:
Every
sachet is equivalent to raw herb 10 grams.
The dosage is for
adults, one sachet each time, twice a day. Please
put the granule into a cup, then put 50-100ml
boiling water into the cup and stir it with spoon.
You will get some tea, drink it when it is luke-warm.
For children, the dosage should be reduced according
to the weight.
Air ship 50 sachets of
Dodder
Seed
(tu
si zi)
in the form of quick-dissolving granule for your
personal use now at $98.00.
If you would like to
order this raw herb, please go to
the order form.
