Herbs that Tonify the Yang

Channels: KI, LIV

Properties: Spicy, Sweet, Warm

Common: Aerial Parts of Epimedium

Latin: Herba Epimedii

Actions:

1.     Tonify Kidney Yang: impotence, infertility, spermatorrhea, frequent urination, cold pain and weak in the lower back and knees; e.g. with Shu Di Huang, Rou Cong Rong, Ba Ji Tian, Tu Si Zi

2.     Strengthen bones, expel Bi syndrome: wind damp cold with deficiency of Liver and Kidney, joints and back pain, col limbs or spasm; e.g. with Bai Ji Tian, Du Zhong, Xian Mao, Xu Duan

• 6-15 g

• This herb is contraindicated in cases with deficiency of yin with excessive fire