Drynaria, Gu Sui Bu 骨碎补
Fortune’s Drynaria RhizomeGu Sui Bu (TCM)
Be ljang re ral བེ་ལྗང་རེ་རལ་ (Tibetan Medicine)
Drynaria fortuneiH.S. Hu, R.C. Ching, Icones filicum Sinicarum, vol. 4 (1937)
Aglaomorpha coronans(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia)
Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSIONBotanical name:
Drynaria fortunei (syn. D. roosii, Polypodium fortunei, Aglaomorpha fortunei)
Parts used:
Root
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter
Classifications:
3M. ARTHRITICS
D. Clear Wind and Damp
N. Tonics
Uses:
1. Tonifies the Kidneys, Strengthens the Bones:
-weakness and pain of the Lower Back and Knees
-Arthritic disorders, Rheumatic Arthritis, Osteoarthritis (TCM, Tibet)
-useful during recovery from injury to the Soft Tissues, Bones and Joints
-Loss of hearing, Tinnitus (TCM, Tibet)
-Loose Teeth, Bleeding Gums
-Chronic Diarrhea from Kidney deficiency.
-‘damage and injury of the tendon and bone’ (Su Song)
-good for ‘5 overstrains and 6 exhaustions’ (Zhen Quan)
-‘Heat in the upper part and Cold in the lower part of the body’. (Zhen Quan)
2. Moves the Blood, Promotes Healing of Sinews and Bones:
-Trauma, Bruising, Contusions, Sprains
-Fractures and Dislocations
-especially useful for soft tissue damage of the Tendons and Ligaments
-‘good for removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding’ (Kai Bai Ben Cao)
-‘good to treat abdominal pain of a woman due to disorder of Blood and Qi’. (Su Song)
3. Resists Poison: (Tibetan Medicine)
-resists all types of Poison (including Food poisoning)
-Hot disorders associated with Poison.
-Intoxication of the Bone’ (Zhen Quan)
-‘It treats Malignant sores’ (Da Ming)
4. Externally:
-topically for pain and swelling from Trauma, especially of the joints
-tincture is used topically in Hair Loss and Alopecia. (TCM, Tibet)
Dose:
Decoction: 9–20 grams
Powder: 1.5–4 grams
Preparation:
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Main Combinations:
1. Arthritis, chronic Lower Back Pain from Deficiency:
i. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
ii. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
iii. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
iv. Osteoarthritis and lower back pain, … available in PRO version
v. Osteoarthritis from deficiency, Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
2. Tinnitus:
i. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
ii. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu … available in PRO version
3. Chronic Diarrhea from Kidney deficiency, take Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
4. Toothache and loose Teeth, Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
5. Trauma of the muscles, sinews or bones:
i. mix the powder of Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
ii. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Zhuang Gu Guan Jie Wan
Kang Gu Zeng Sheng Wan
Cautions:
Safe. Toxic side effects have been noted with massive doses (100 grams)
1. Use cautiously in Yin deficiency