Shan Zhu Yu - Stabilize and Bind 
      KD, LV (3-12g) | 
  
	 
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	Shan Zhu Yu the Witch  
      Shan Zhu Yu the witch found a magic potion that she believed would tonify 
      her LV and KD and bind her essence so 
      that she could regain her youth. But because she was menstruating 
      and bleeding when she drank the potion her qi 
      collapsed and she began to have excessive sweating. 
       
      After the incident she developed (cc: painful and 
      difficult urination with damp heat) and it hurt to pee. 
 
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              English Name: cornus, medicinal cornel fruit, asiatic cornelian cherry fruit, japaneese cornel dogwood fruit 
               
		 
              Pharmacuetical Name: Fructus Corni 
            
		 Properties: sour, slightly warm
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	        Explanation of Key Words in this Story... |  
         
          | tonify her LV and KD; binds essence | 
          tonify LV and KD; binds essence | 
         
         
          | menstruating and bleeding | 
          stabilizes menstruation; stops bleeding | 
         
         
          | qi collapsed... excessive sweating | 
          recovers qi collapse; stops excessive sweating | 
         
       
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		       Shan Zhu Yu Actions and Indications
      
        - Tonifies LV and KD; binds essence (tinnitus, blurred 
          vision, light headedness, dizziness, sore and weak low back/knees; impotence; 
          leakage of fluids due to weak essence; excessive urination, incontinence, 
          spermatorrhea)
 
        - Stabilizes menstruation; stops bleeding (deficient 
          patterns of excessive uterine bleeding or prolonged menses)
 
        - Stops excessive sweating; recovers qi collapse (excessive 
          sweating in cases of devastated yang and collapsed qi; also for xiao 
          ke)
 
        - (cc: painful and difficult urination or with damp-heat)
 
       
		
      
        Special Notes: 
        - Shan Zhu Yu has a diuretic effect, be careful when prescribing it 
          alongside diuretic drugs.
 
        - Great by itself to prevent protein spillage in the urine. (W. Morris)
 
       
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