Gastrodia, Tian Ma 天麻Tian Ma (TCM) |
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Sichuan Tian Ma root (Adam, 2016)
Sliced fresh Tian Ma available at the Chengdu Medicine Market.
Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSIONBotanical name:
Gastrodia elata
The best quality is Winter Gastrodia from Yunnan and Sichuan
Parts used:
Root
Collected from Winter to Spring; washed well, steamed, then sliced and dried at a low temperature.
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral, Sweet
Classification:
I. Medicines for Internal Wind
Uses:
1. Calms the Liver, Settles Wind, Stops Spasms:
-Headache, Dizziness, Vertigo, Tinnitus
-Vertigo with Blurred Vision (Liver deficiency with Wind)
-Epilepsy, Childhood Convulsions
-childhood restlessness or anxiety
-Tonic-clonic spasms, Tetanus, Spasm of the Limbs
-Loss of Speech
2. Settles Wind, Stops Pain:
-Headache, Migraine (from Wind-Phlegm)
-Hemiplegia, Numbness in the extremities
3. Clears Wind-Damp, Relieves Pain:
-Wind-Damp pain and numbness of the lower back and extremities
-‘Puffiness in the Lower Extremities’. (Ming Yi Bie Lu)
-strengthens the Tendons (Kai Bao Ben Cao)
-especially for moving-type Wind pain
4. Benefits Qi and Yin:
-‘Long-term use reinforces strength, replenishes Yin and helps the person put on weight’. (Shen Nong Ben Cao)
-‘Makes the person happy and able to enjoy a long life’. (Shen Nong Ben Cao)
-‘Replenishes the conditions of the Five Overstrains and Seven Damages’. (Da Ming)
-Neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson’s Diseases, Alzheimer’s Disease
Dose:
Decoction: 3–9 grams
Powder: 1–3 grams
Comment:
1. Gastrodia Tian Ma is listed on CITES as endangered. However, over 80% of the market is supplied with cultivated product. (Bensky)
Preparation:
‘Some people preserve the drug with honey’ (Ben Cao Gang Mu)
Main Combinations:
Often combined with Uncaria Gou Teng
This combination enhances each other in the treatment of Internal Wind diseases.
1. Internal Wind disorders:
i. Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
ii. Gastrodia Tian Ma from Wind-Heat with Uncaria Gou Teng, … available in PRO version
2. Hemiplegia, Loss of Speech Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
3. Dizziness, Vertigo, Migraine:
i. Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
ii. Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
4. Dizziness, Vertigo, from Wind-Phlegm Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
5. Childhood Convulsions:
i. from Wind-Heat Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
ii. from Wind-Heat, Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
iii. Febrile Convulsions, Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
iv. Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
v. Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
vi. Chronic Childhood convulsions with deficiency, Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
6. Tetanic Convulsions:
i. Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
ii. Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
7. Phlegm-Damp obstructing the Mind with confusion, mental dullness, Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
8. Wind-Damp Arthritic and Rheumatic pain:
i. Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
ii. Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
9. Arthritic pain, apoplectic paralysis Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
10. Wandering Arthritic Pain, Paralysis of the limbs, Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
11. Pain from Blood stasis and Wind, Gastrodia Tian Ma with … available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
Shi Xiang Fan Sheng Wan
Bo Ying Compound
Cautions:
Generally very safe
1. Use cautiously in Qi and Blood deficiency (use with tonics)
2. Use with caution during Pregnancy and avoid full doses.
3. Occasional allergic reactions are reported