Curcuma root, Yu Jin 郁金
Yu Jin (TCM)
Roscoe, Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae, 1854
Whole Roots of Yu Jin (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016)
Botanical name:
Curcuma aromatica (syn. C. wenyujin), C. longa, and other related species
Parts used:
Root
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent
Classifications:
K. Move the Blood
Curcuma aromatica (syn. C. wenyujin), C. longa, and other related species
Parts used:
Root
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent
Classifications:
K. Move the Blood
Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Relieves Pain:
-pain from Trauma; Bruising
-Chest, Abdomen or Menstrual pain from Blood stagnation
-promotes healing of chronic sores
2. Calms the Heart, Opens Obstructions of the Brain:
-anxiety, agitation, mental disorders, emotional constraint
-seizures, convulsions
3. Clears Heat, Opens the Gall Bladder:
-Jaundice, Cholecystitis
-helps clear Gall Stones
4. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:
-various forms of Heat-type Bleeding
DOSE:
1–3 grams in powder;
6–12 grams in Decoction
1–3 grams in powder;
6–12 grams in Decoction
Main Combinations:
1. Menstrual Pain, Curcuma Yu Jin with Dang Gui and Cyperus rotundus
2. Pain and distention of the hypochondria, Curcuma Yu Jin with Bupleurum Chai Hu
3. Chest Pain, Angina Pectoris from Blood stagnation:
i. Curcuma Yu Jin with Salvia Dan Shen
ii. Curcuma Yu Jin with Dalbergia Jiang Xiang, Peach kernel (Tao Ren)
4. Atherosclerosis, Curcuma Yu Jin with Gynostemma Jiao Gu Lan, Salvia Dan Shen
5. Blood heat with purplish Maculae or Bleeding, with Paeonia Mu Dan Pi
6. Obstruction of the Sense Organs by Heat and Phlegm, Curcuma Yu Jin with Tabasheer (Tian Zhu Huang) and Calamus (Shi Chang Pu)
7. Seizure disorders, Curcuma Yu Jin with Antelope horn (Ling Yang Jiao), Uncaria Gou Teng, Tabasheer (Tian Zhu Huang)
8. Gall Bladder inflammation or obstruction, Curcuma Yu Jin with Artemisia Yin Chen Hao and Gardenia Zhi Zi
9. Cirrhosis of the Liver:
i. Curcuma Yu Jin with Isatis Radix Ban Lan Gen, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao, Coix Yi Yi Ren
ii. Curcuma Yu Jin with Ligusticum Chuan Xiong, dry-fried Paeonia Chao Bai Shao, dry-fried Scutellaria Chao Huang Qin, Melia toosendan Chuan Lian Zi, Corydalis Yan Hu Suo, Chicken Gizzard skin (Ji Nei Jin), charred Saposhnikovia Tan Fang Feng, Costus (Mu Xiang), Poria Fu Ling (The Formulas of Dr. John H.F. Shen)
10. Hepatitis:
i. Hepatitis C, Curcuma Yu Jin with Ligusticum Chuan Xiong, dry-fried Paeonia Chao Bai Shao, dry-fried Scutellaria Chao Huang Qin, Corydalis Yan Hu Suo, dry-fried Coptis Chao Huang Lian, Costus Mu Xiang, Lycium Gou Qi Zi, Bitter Orange fruit (Zhi Ke) (The Formulas of Dr. John H.F. Shen)
Major Formulas:
An Gong Niu Huang Wan
Ping Xiao Capsules
Bo Ying Compound
Shi Xiang Fan Sheng Wan
Cautions:
Used cautiously during pregnancy
Main Preparations used:
Used cautiously during pregnancy
Main Preparations used: