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Drynaria, Gu Sui Bu 骨碎补

Fortune’s Drynaria Rhizome
Gu Sui Bu (TCM)
Be ljang re ral  བེ་ལྗང་རེ་རལ་ (Tibetan Medicine)
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Drynaria fortunei
H.S. Hu, R.C. Ching, Icones filicum Sinicarum, vol. 4 (1937)

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Aglaomorpha coronans
(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia)

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Botanical name:
Drynaria fortunei (syn. D. roosii, Polypodium fortunei, Aglaomorpha fortunei)

Parts used:
Root

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter

Classifications:
3M. ARTHRITICS
D. Clear Wind and Damp
N. Tonics

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Uses:
1. Tonifies the Kidneys, Strengthens the Bones:

-weakness and pain of the Lower Back and Knees
-Arthritic disorders, Rheumatic Arthritis, Osteoarthritis (TCM, Tibet)
-useful during recovery from injury to the Soft Tissues, Bones and Joints
-Loss of hearing, Tinnitus (TCM, Tibet)
-Loose Teeth, Bleeding Gums
-Chronic Diarrhea from Kidney deficiency.
-'damage and injury of the tendon and bone' (Su Song)
-good for '5 overstrains and 6 exhaustions' (Zhen Quan)
-'Heat in the upper part and Cold in the lower part of the body'. (Zhen Quan)

2. Moves the Blood, Promotes Healing of Sinews and Bones:
-Trauma, Bruising, Contusions, Sprains
-Fractures and Dislocations
-especially useful for soft tissue damage of the Tendons and Ligaments
-'good for removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding' (Kai Bai Ben Cao)
-'good to treat abdominal pain of a woman due to disorder of Blood and Qi'. (Su Song)

3. Resists Poison: (Tibetan Medicine)
-resists all types of Poison (including Food poisoning)
-Hot disorders associated with Poison.
-Intoxication of the Bone' (Zhen Quan)
-'It treats Malignant sores' (Da Ming)

4. Externally:
-topically for pain and swelling from Trauma, especially of the joints
-tincture is used topically in Hair Loss and Alopecia. (TCM, Tibet)


Dose:
Decoction: 9–20 grams
Powder: 1.5–4 grams

Preparation:
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Main Combinations:
1. Arthritis, chronic Lower Back Pain from Deficiency:
i. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with ... available in PRO version
ii. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with ... available in PRO version
iii. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with ... available in PRO version
iv. Osteoarthritis and lower back pain, ... available in PRO version
v. Osteoarthritis from deficiency, Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with ... available in PRO version
2. Tinnitus:
i. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with ... available in PRO version
ii. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu ... available in PRO version
3. Chronic Diarrhea from Kidney deficiency, take Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with ... available in PRO version
4. Toothache and loose Teeth, Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with ... available in PRO version
5. Trauma of the muscles, sinews or bones:
i. mix the powder of Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with ... available in PRO version
ii. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Zhuang Gu Guan Jie Wan
Kang Gu Zeng Sheng Wan

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Cautions:
Safe. Toxic side effects have been noted with massive doses (100 grams)
1. Use cautiously in Yin deficiency

Main Preparations used:

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