Cyathula, Chuan Niu Xi Cyathula, Chuan Niu Xi 川牛膝 Cyathula Chuan Niu Xi (TCM) Cyathula officinalisPhoto by 北極企鵝觀賞團 (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cyathula officinalis Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, Bitter Classification: k. Medicines that Move the Blood Uses: 1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis:-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea from Blood stasis-also to promote Labor-Pain from Trauma2. Clears Wind-Damp:-Lower Back pain-Arthritic and Rheumatic complaints-Spasms, Weakness and Atrophy of the lower limbs3. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:-painful, dribbling Urine Dose: Decoction: 3–9 gramsPowder: 1–3 grams; taken with wine to move the Blood Substitute: Achyranthes Niu Xi Main Combinations: 1. Dysmenorrhea, Cyathula Chuan Niu Xi with Dang Gui and Safflower (Hong Hua)2. To promote Labor:i. Cyathula Chuan Niu Xi with Dang Gui, Ligusticum Chuan Xiongii. Cyathula Chuan Niu Xi with Cinnamon and Saffron3. Muscle and Joint Pain from Blood stasis, Cyathula Chuan Niu Xi with Myrrh (Mo Yao), Frankincense (Ru Xiang) and Safflower (Hong Hua)4. Weakness and pain of the lower Back, Cyathula Chuan Niu Xi with Eucommia Du Zhong, Rehmannia Shu Di Huang5. Pain, swelling and redness of the joints in the lower limbs due to Damp-Heat, Cyathula Chuan Niu Xi with Phellodendron Huang Bai, Atractylodes Cang Zhu, Job’s Tears (Yi Yi Ren)6. Wind-Damp…

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