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Cibotium, Gou Ji 狗脊

Gou Ji (TCM)
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Koehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 4 (1890)


Botanical name:
Cibotium barometz (syn. Aspidium barometz, Dicksonia barometz, Nephrodium baromez, Polypodium barometz)

Parts used:
Rhizome, either dried, or steamed, then sliced and dried.

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter, Sweet

Classifications:
3M. ARTHRITICS
TCM:
D. Clear Wind and Damp

Uses:
1. Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys, Strengthens the Bones and Joints:
-stiffness, pain or weakness in the Spine or Lower Back or lower Limbs
-weakness of the Knees or Legs, difficulty Walking
-Sciatica, Lumbo-sacral degeneration

2. Clears Wind-Damp, Eases Pain:
-Wind-Damp painful obstruction with Pain or Numbness
-Rheumatic Arthralgia

3. Strengthens the Kidneys, Retains the Essence:
-Urinary incontinence
-Leukorrhea with Kidney weakness
-'Greatly benefits the Elderly' (Divine Husbandman's Classic of Materia Medica)

4. Externally:
-it has been used to stop Bleeding (Ayurveda)


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DOSE:
9–15 grams in Decoction

COMMENT:
1. Its name and indications are derived from the fact that the root has many protuberances that looks like a Dog's spine. Hence, it was reliased through the Doctrine of Signatures.
2. This plant is endangered and is listed on CITES.

PREPARATION:
1. Scalded: scald slices in hot sand until they expand, then cool and remove the hairs.

Main Combinations:
1. Lower Back Pain and Weakness:
i. Cibotium Gou Ji with Eucommia Du Zhong, Achyranthes Niu Xi
ii. Cibotium Gou Ji with Drynaria Gu Sui Bu
iii. Cibotium Gou Ji with Cuscuta Tu Si Zi (Dodder seed)
iv. Cibotium Gou Ji with Acanthopanax Wu Jia Pi, Chaenomelis Mu Gua
v. Cibotium Gou Ji with Morinda Ba Ji Tian, Rehmannia Shu Di Huang, Epimedium Yin Yang Huo, Dioscorea Shan Yao, Dipsacus Xu Duan, Cornus Shan Zhu Yu, Eucommia Du Zhong (as in Ba Ji Yin Yang Wan)
2. Arthritic or Rheumatic diseases of the lower back or lower extremities:
i. Cibotium Gou Ji with Cinnamon twig (Gui Zhi), Gentiana Qin Jiao
3. Leukorrhea, Spermatorrhea from Kidney Weakness, Cibotium Gou Ji with Velvet Deer Horn (Lu Rong)


Cautions:
1. Difficult Urination
2. Heat from Yin deficiency; generally not used in Heat conditions.

Main Preparations used:

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