Fu Zi
附子 fù zǐ, ""appendage""

Category:

Warm the Interior and Expel Cold

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Acrid	Dosage: 1.5-15g
	Toxic
	Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy and in cases of Yin deficiency w/ False Cold and True Heat; Do NOT use with: Bei Mu, Gua Lou, Bai Ji, Ban Xia, Bai Wei; Antagonizes: Wu Gong; Counteracts with: Xi Jiao, Lu Dou; avoid use during Pregnancy	Meridians: Heart , Spleen , Kidney
	Preparation: Boil for 30-60 min before adding other ingredients, as this reduces its toxic properties (usually prepared w/ salt to reduce its toxicity)	Quality: Good quality - large and solid with salty-white surface;
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (Revised edition) ('Bensky')	Notes: No notes at this time
This herb is obsolete because: Very Toxic
	Formulas (29) fù zǐ xiè xīn tāng (Prepared aconite Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium) dà fáng fēng tāng (Major Ledebouriella Decoction) dà huáng fù zǐ tāng (Rhubarb and Prepared Aconite Decoction) dì huáng yǐn zǐ (Rehmannia Decoction) fù zǐ tāng (Prepared Aconite Decoction) gù zhēn tāng (Stabilize the True Decoction) guì zhī fù zǐ tāng (Cinnamon Twig and Prepared Aconite Decoction) hēi xī dān (Lead Special pill) huáng tǔ tāng (Yellow Earth Decoction) jì shēng shèn qì wán (Kidney Qi Pill from Formulas to Aid the Living) jīn guì shèn qì wán (Kd Qi Pill from the Golden Cabinet) má huáng fù zǐ gān cǎo tāng (Ephedra, Prepared Aconite and Licorice Decoction) má huáng xì xīn fù zǐ tāng (Ephedra Asarum and Prepared Aconite Decoction) sháo yào gān cǎo fù zǐ tāng (Peony, Licorice and Prepared Aconite Decoction) shēn fù tāng (Ginseng and Prepared Aconite Decoction ) shí bǔ wán (Ten-Tonic Pill) shí pí yǐn (Bolster the Spleen Decoction) tù sī zǐ wán (Cuscuta Seed Pill) wēn pí tāng (Warm the Spleen Decoction) wū méi wán (Mume Pill) xiǎo xù mìng tāng (Minor Prolong Life Decoction) yì yǐ fù zǐ bài jiàng sǎn (Cocis, Prepared Aconite and Baijiangcao Powder) yīn chén sì nì tāng (Artemisia Yinchenhao Decoction for Frigid Extremities) yīn chén zhú fù tāng (Artemisia Yinchenhao, Atractylodes and Prepared Aconite Decoction) yòu guī wán (Restore the Right (Kidney) Pill) yòu guī yǐn (Restore the Right Kidney Decoction) zài zào sǎn (Renewal Powder) zàn yù dān (Special Pill to Aid Fertility) zhēn wǔ tāng (Black Turtle Decoction; True Warrior Decoction)

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Radix Lateralis Aconiti Carmichaeli Praeparata

Botanical: Aconitum carmichaeli Debx.

Japanese: bushi

Korean: puja

Common: Prepared daughter root of Sichuan aconite

Temperature: Hot

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Restores devastated Yang (where the Yand Qi is extremely weak and the cold Yin is abundant); add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Assists the Heart Yang to unblock the vessels and improve circulation; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Tonifies the Kidney Yang to augment the Fire and avoid loss of the basal Yang; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Disperses Cold, warms the channels, and alleviates the pain; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Warms the Fire and assists the Yang: for any problem associated with weakness or deficiency of the Heart, Spleen, or Kidney Yang; add comment

	+2 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) -Cold blocking the organs, channels, sinews, bones or blood vessels; 1 comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) -diarrhea containing undigested food particles, chills, cold extremities and a faint pulse; add comment

	+1 bes Yu Edema is more severe in lower body add comment

	+1 bes Yu Applications: chronic nephritis add comment

	+1 bes Yu Cardiac edema add comment

	+1 bes Yu Rheumatic valvular heart disease add comment

Fu Zi 附子 fù zǐ, ""appendage""

Fu Zi
附子 fù zǐ, ""appendage""