Manjingzi - Fr Viticis

[Guest guest]

Par, my notes on Manjingzi from several WWW sources (including

Lotus Arts (which has a great amount of TCM data) and some in

Chinese) are at the end.

 

I have summarised YOUR notes on Manjingzi on a recent CHA mail as

follows:

 

[Par Scott]: Reinforce Chongmai; w Hbs to Quicken Xue & Tone Yin to

fill in wrinkles/lines around mouth in women; male facial hair is

equivalent to female menstrual blood; male Chongmai still collects &

holds blood & moves it up to face; beard is luxuriant when Chongmai is

clear & blood plentiful; Rectify hormonal Fxs, esp in women

(disregulated menstrual cycles & infertility with amenorrhea, breast

tenderness & PMS - manifestations of Chongmai/CV disregulation,

often w LV Qi DysFx); male facial hair & body hair is more tied to

androgens; On diagnostic side, women with facial hair issues almost

always have really bad menstrual problems which often respond to Hbs

that Course LV/Rectify Chongmai/CV & Resolve Xue Stas; Guard

Jing~semen & boost testosterone levels; most Guard Jing~semen Hbs

Astringe but Vitex is different; its TCM Fxs centre on eye problems & its

western Fxs look mainly like Gynaecological-LV related problems;

Manjingzi Rectify Qi, esp in LV/Chongmai & reproductive system; often

strong sexual frustration in sexual incontinence; that frustration builds

LV Channel Stag, w Disharmony of Ministerial Fire & subsequent wet

dreams/nocturnal emission (Mengyi/Yijing); Hbs that Clear LV Channel

Heat & Rectify Qi would avert this tragedy, while Hbs that Astringe

would allow Heat to Accumulate

 

Par, where did your notes on Manjingzi come from? They differ a lot

from mine (below).

 

PINYIN NAME: Manjingzi

 

MEANING: Man=creeping plant that grows wildly in fields;

jing=thorn/bramble; zi=fruits; Manjingzi=creeping bramble fruit

 

LATIN NAME: Fr Viticis Rotundifoliae/Simplicifoliae

 

COMMON NAME: Vitex Fr; Round-leaf Vitex Fr; Chinese Chasteberry

Fr; Simpleleaf Shrub Chastetree Fr; Shrub Chastetree Fr

 

MAIN CLASS:Release Exterior~Disperse Wind Heat (Shusan Fengre

); Release Exterior~Acrid-Cool;

 

CHARACTERISTICS: Acrid (Xin ); Bitter (Ku ); Cool; Neutral (Ping

)

 

CHANNELS: LV; LU; BL; ST

 

DOSE: 1-3qian, cooked/as Dec; 6-12g

 

TCM ACTIONS: (1) Expel/Dispel/Disperse Wind Heat (Sanfengre

); (2) Clear Head & Eyes (Qing Toumu ) & Disperse Wind

Heat; (3) Drain Damp & Expel Wind

 

CLINICAL USES:

(1) Dispel Wind & Ease Pain (Qufeng Zhitong ); Clear Heat:

Manjingzi often w Fangfeng, Juhua, Shigao, etc in Wind Heat

Headache /Common Cold headache; Manjingzi often w Gaoben,

Chuanxiong, etc to Correct Head Wind Headache; Manjingzi w

Fangfeng, Juhua & Chuanxiong in Wind Heat Headache & unilateral

headache;

(2) Dispel Wind Evil & Clear Head & Eyes; Clear Heat: Manjingzi often

w Juhua, Chuanxiong, Juemingzi, etc in Wind Evil w Eyes red, swollen

& pain (Mu Chizhongtong ) or head & eyes blurred & dim

(Toumu Hunan ); Manjingzi w Juhua, Bohe, Baijili, Fangfeng to

Course Wind Heat (Shufengre) in LV/LV Channel in LV Wind Heat w

headache, dizziness, eyes~red-painful-swollen, lacrimation-profuse,

floaters; Manjingzi w Juhua, Chantui & Baijili in LV Yang Rising w

eyes~red, painful & swelling, lacrimation, dizziness & blurred vision;

(3) Manjingzi w Fangfeng, Qinjiao & Mugua to Drain Damp & Expel

Wind in Wind Damp Bi Pattern w arthralgia, limbs~stiff-numb-cramping-

heavy;

 

COMBINATIONS:

in Yiqi Congming Tang (Shengma, Huangqi, Gegen, Renshen, Gancao,

Manjingzi, Peony, Huangbai) for ??;

in Juxiong Yin (Juhua, Chuanxiong, Manjingzi, Fangfeng,

Qianghuo, Shigao, Xuanfuhua, Gancao, Zhike) to Tx Head Wind

Headache (Toufeng Toutong );

in Qianghuo Fangfeng Tang to Tx Common Cold w

headache (Ganmao Toutong );

Qianghuo Fangfeng Tang is aka Qianghuo Shengshi Tang

(Notopterygium Overcome Damp Dec) [Qianghuo 6-9g (BL, KI; Acrid,

Bitter, Aromatic, Warm; Cat: Release Exterior~Acrid & Warm);

Fangfeng 3-4.5g (BL, LV, SP; Acrid, Sweet, Slightly Warm; Cat:

Release Exterior~Acrid & Warm); Manjingzi 2-3g; Gaoben 3-4.5g (BL;

Acrid, Warm; Cat: Release Exterior~Acrid & Warm); Duhuo 6-9g (KI,

BL; Bitter, Acrid, Warm; Cat: Dispel Wind Damp); Chuanxiong 3-4.5g

(LV, GB, PC; Acrid, Warm; Cat: Quicken Xue & Remove Stag);

Gancao/Zhigancao 3-4.5g (All 12 Channels; Sweet, Warm; Cat: Tonify

Qi)] (Formula Cat: Expel Damp~Promote Urination & Drain Damp;

Channels: KI, BL, SP, LV, PC, GB, ST; Tongue fur white; Pulse

Floating)

 

CAUTIONS: headache/eye problems dt Yin Xu/Xue Xu; ST Qi

Xu;Traditionally not recommended w Wutou & Shigao but modern

formulas use it w Shigao

 

Best regards,

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Regarding Man Jing Zi's use for internal wind-heat, I noticed Tiande Yang

uses Man Jing Zi or Bai Ji Li for this purpose. I asked him how he saw the

difference, he said that Man Jing Zi is to lift Kidney yin, it is a seed so

it enters the Kidneys, but it also enters the liver. Because it is a light

seed (weight) it can float upward. Bai Ji Li rather is green and white and

favors the liver and lungs. It is more sharp (has physical points, and is

sharper or faster in its action) and is used to stimulate the Lungs (metal)

in order to control the Liver (wood).

 

-al.

 

On 10/3/06, < wrote:

 

> (2) Dispel Wind Evil & Clear Head & Eyes; Clear Heat: Manjingzi often

> w Juhua, Chuanxiong, Juemingzi, etc in Wind Evil w Eyes red, swollen

> & pain (Mu Chizhongtong ) or head & eyes blurred & dim

> (Toumu Hunan ); Manjingzi w Juhua, Bohe, Baijili, Fangfeng to

> Course Wind Heat (Shufengre) in LV/LV Channel in LV Wind Heat w

> headache, dizziness, eyes~red-painful-swollen, lacrimation-profuse,

> floaters; Manjingzi w Juhua, Chantui & Baijili in LV Yang Rising w

> eyes~red, painful & swelling, lacrimation, dizziness & blurred vision;

>

 

 

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