Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 So one of my Materia Medica students asks why do herbs that supplement the liver blood also often supplement the liver and kidney yin (such as shu di, gou qi zi,, he shou wu, sang shen, e jiao), but not vice versa. Well, I had a fancy TCM hypothesis worked out, when something else occurred to me. Perhaps it is merely the arbitrariness of categories. In fact, were gou qi zi, he shou wu, shu di and sang shen typically considered yin tonics (as I know they are in some sources), then the student might well be asking the opposite question, i.e. how come so many yin tonics also tonify the blood, ...? :-) -- Chinese Herbal Medicine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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