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

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


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DOSE:
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, Curcuma Yu Jin with Isatis Radix Ban Lan Gen, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao, Coix Yi Yi Ren

Major Formulas:
An Gong Niu Huang Wan
Ping Xiao Capsules
Bo Ying Compound
Shi Xiang Fan Sheng Wan


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Cautions:
Used cautiously during pregnancy

Main Preparations used: