E Zhu (Cu) Granules, Single 2g Packet

SKU	TCM228-S
Brand	TCM Zone Single Herb Granule - Single Packet
Unit Size	Single 2g Packet
Potency	5:1 extract granules
Taste	Bitter, acrid - Bensky
Properties	Warm - Bensky
Contraindications	Pregnancy or in those with excessive menstruation - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology	Abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal masses, epigastric masses due to blood stasis; Pain, distention, fullness, and constriction in the chest and abdomen due to food stagnation; childhood nutritional impairment - Bensky
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Actions	Promotes the movement of blood and qi, breaks up accumulations, reduces food stagnation - Bensky
Pattern	Blood stasis, food stagnation
Channels Entered	Liver, Spleen
Chinese name	E Zhu (Cu) Granules
English name	Curcuma Rhizome (prepared)

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Description	Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica Breaks up blood stasis, promotes the movement of qi, and alleviates pain: for abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal masses, and epigastric masses due to blood stasis.* Dissolves accumulations and alleviates pain: for pain, distention, fullness, and constriction in the chest and abdomen due to food stagnation. Also for childhood nutritional impairment.* "There are two way to prepare vinegar curcuma rhizome (e zhu). Either boil the entire root in water and vinegar at a moderate temperature and then slice it, or spray the already sliced herb with vinegar and then dry-fry it. After preparing with vinegar, Curcumae Rhizoma (e zhu) is better able to enter the blood level of the Liver channel, and its ability to disperse stasis and stop pain is enhanced."- Bensky
Ingredients	E Zhu (Cu) - Curcumae Rhizoma Praeparata