Chinese Bulk Herbs – Cornus (Shan Zu Yu)

Cornus is sour, warm but not dry in nature, mildly tonifying. It is an important herb to tonify yin and yang evenly for it can tonify liver and kidney, especially nourish essence.
It can tonify kidney and essence, and also secure essence and reduce urination. Therefore, it is an important herb for astringing essence to relieve emission, just for it can treat both the branch and root of emission due to kidney deficiency. For seminal emission due to kidney yin deficiency, it is combined with yin-nourishing and kidney-tonifying herbs.
It can tonify liver and kidney, strengthen thoroughfare and conception vessels, astringe to stop bleeding. For metrorrhagia and metrostaxis due to liver and kidney deficiency, insecurity of thoroughfare and conception vessels, it is combined with herbs to tonify liver and kidney, regulate menorrhea.
It can astringe to stop sweating. For original qi collapse due to sweating, collapse of deficiency due to long-term disease, it is combined with qi-tonifying and yang-restoring herbs.

Clinical Use (Chinese):

Latin Name:
Cornus officinalis

Chinese Name:
Shan Zu Yu

Common Names:
Japanese cornel, Japanese cornelian cherry

Parts Used:
Dried berry

Properties:
Sour, slightly warm; liver and kidney meridians entered.
Tonify liver and kidney, secure essence and astringe sweat, stop bleeding.

Cautions:

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