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)

Drynaria fortunei
H.S. Hu, R.C. Ching, Icones filicum Sinicarum, vol. 4 (1937)

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

Uses:
1. Tonifies the Kidneys, Strengthens the Bones:
-weakness and pain of the Lower Back and Knees

2. Moves the Blood, Promotes Healing of Sinews and Bones:
-Trauma, Bruising

3. Resists Poison: (Tibetan Medicine)
-resists all types of Poison

4. Externally:
-topically for pain and swelling from Trauma, especially of the joints

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

Preparation:
... available in PRO version

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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

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

Main Preparations used: