Eucommia, Du Zhong 杜仲
Du Zhong (TCM)
Eucommia ulmoides tree(Photo by David Stang) (Wikimedia) |
Eucommia ulmoides bark(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) |
Bundles of chopped, wild Eucommia bark for sale at the Chengdu Market.(Adam, 2017)
Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSIONBotanical name:
Eucommia ulmoides
Parts used:
Bark
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Sweet, slightly Pungent
Classifications:
3M. ARTHRITICS
D. Clear Wind and Damp
N. Tonics
Uses:
1. Tonifies Liver and Kidney, strengthens Joints and Bones:
-weak or painful lower back and knees; stiffness and rigidity of the back
-strengthens bones and joints; with suitable herbs for chronic joint diseases
-Fatigue, urinary frequency
-also to nourish Essence and enhance Willpower
-“It moistens Dryness in the Liver, tonifies the debilitated condition of the Liver Channel”. (Wang Hao Gu)
-‘long-term use makes one feel happy and vigorous and able to enjoy a long life’ (Shen Nong Ben Cao)
2. Moves Qi and Blood:
-promotes circulation, especially in the elderly with joint weakness and pain
3. Strengthen the Kidneys, Calms the Fetus:
-bleeding during pregnancy from cold and weak Kidneys
-Threatened Miscarriage; Restless Fetus, Back Pain during Pregnancy, Habitual Miscarriage
4. Settles Wind, Stops Rising Yang:
-Hypertension, Dizziness and light-headedness
-also for Sweating from deficiency
-‘disperses the invading pathogenic Wind’. (Wang Hao Gu)
Dose:
Decoction: 9–15 grams
Powder: 2–5 grams
Preparation:
… available in PRO version
Substitute
… available in PRO version
Main Combinations:
Bones, Joints, Arthritis:
1. Lower back pain and weakness from Kidney deficiency:
i. dry fried Eucommia Du Zhong … available in PRO version
ii. dry fried Eucommia Du Zhong is … available in PRO version
ii. Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
iii. with Wheezing, Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
iv. Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
v. Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
vi. Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
vii. Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
viii. Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
ix. Cook Eucommia Du Zhong … available in PRO version
x. Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
xi. Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
xii. Lower Back and Knee pain and weakness, barely able to walk, Eucommia Du Zhong … available in PRO version
2. Acute Lumbar strain, Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
3. Chronic Wind-Cold Joint Pain: Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
Reproduction:
4. Male Tonic:
i. Eucommia Du Zhong with, … available in PRO version
ii. Spermatorrhea, Premature Ejaculation, Lower Back Pain, Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
5. Impotence and Urinary frequency from Kidney deficeicny, Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
Pregnancy:
6. Threatened Miscarriage:
i. Powdered Eucommia Du Zhong … available in PRO version
ii. Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
iii. Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
iv. from Kidney deficiency, Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
7. Habitual Miscarriage, Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
Wind Diseases:
8. Hypertension, Dizziness:
i. Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
ii. Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
iii. Eucommia Du Zhong, … available in PRO version
Other
9. Sweating from Deficiency, Eucommia Du Zhong with … available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
An Tai Yin
Ba Ji Wan
Bu Shen Gu Chong Wan
Dang Gui Di Huang Yin
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang
Qing E Wan
Shu Feng Ding Tong Wan
Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
You Gui Wan
You Gui Yin
Cautions:
1. If used for Kidney Yin deficiency with Fire, it should be combined with Phellodendron Huang Bai and Anemarrhena Zhi Mu.