Taste: sweet, salty and warm. Gui Shen Da Chang Jing.
Indications: tonifying kidney-yang, nourishing essence and blood, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. Can be used for treating impotence, infertility, soreness of waist and knees, weakness of muscles and bones, intestinal dryness and constipation. ?
Application:
1. Used for impotence due to kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, cold pain in waist and knees, and muscle weakness. For impotence due to kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation, it is often combined with Radix Rehmanniae, Semen Cuscutae and Cornus officinalis. It is used for cold pain of waist and knees and weakness of muscles and bones. It is combined with Dipsacus and Psoralea corylifolia. ?
2. Used for intestinal dryness and constipation. It is combined with hemp seed and arborvitae seed. ?
Precautions: it is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and excessive fire and diarrhea.