Morinda, Ba Ji Tian 巴戟天

Ba Ji Tian (TCM)

Morinda in Gujin Tushu Jicheng (Imperial Encyclopedia, early 18th century)

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Botanical name:
Morinda officinalis

Parts used:
Root

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent

Classifications:
N. Tonics

Uses:
1. Strengthens Kidneys, Tonifies Yang:
-Impotence, Premature Ejaculation, Spermatorrhea
-Urinary frequency, Incontinence
-Infertility in male or female, irregular Menstruation
-Menopausal Syndrome
-Cold pain in the lower abdomen, Back pain and weakness

2. Clears Wind Damp, Benefits the Sinews and Bones:
-wind-cold painful obstruction of the bones and joints (especially with Kidney deficiency)
-lower back pain, weakness and tension
-stiffness, difficulty moving; weakness of the legs

DOSE:
6–15 grams in Decoction
2–5 grams in Powder

Main Combinations:
1. Impotence, Spermatorrhea, and Premature Ejaculation from Kidney Yang deficiency:
i. Morinda Ba Ji Tian with Cistanche Rou Cong Rong and Cuscuta Tu Si Zi.
ii. Morinda Ba Ji Tian with Cistanche Rou Cong Rong, Eucommia Du Zhong, Placenta
iii. or Male Infertility, Morinda Ba Ji Tian with Raspberry fruit (Fu Pen Zi), Cistanche Rou Cong Rong, Velvet Deer Horn (Lu Rong)
2. Impotence, Infertility:
i. Morinda Ba Ji Tian with Ginseng and Dioscorea Shan Yao.
ii. Morinda Ba Ji Tian with Cinnamon, Cnidium She Chuang Zi, Cistanche Rou Cong Rong
3. Coldness of the Womb, irregular Menses, and leukorrhea Morinda Ba Ji Tian with Galangal (Gao Liang Jiang), Wisteria (Zi Teng), Cinnamon Bark, and Evodia Wu Zhu Yu (as in Ba Ji Wan, from Imperial Grace Formulary of the Tai Ping Era),
4. Lower Back pain, Joint pain:
i. Morinda Ba Ji Tian with Eucommia Du Zhong, Achyranthes Niu Xi, Acanthopanax Wu Jia Pi.
ii. Cold-Damp Rheumatism, Morinda Ba Ji Tian with Aconitum Fu Zi, Acanthopanax Wu Jia Pi, Cyathula Niu Xi, Dendrobium Shi Hu, Licorice, Poria Fu Ling, Saposhnikovia Fang Feng. (as in Ba Ji Tang from Wonderful Well-Tried Prescriptions)
iii. Lower Back and Knee pain and weakness, barely able to walk, with Cyathula Niu Xi, Notopterygium Qiang Huo, Cinnamon, Acanthopanax Wu Jia Pi, Eucommia Du Zhong, Ginger Root. (as in Ba Ji Wan, from The Great Peace Sagacious Benevolence Formulary),
5. Menopausal syndrome with flushing, sweating, irritability, insomnia with Yin and Yang deficiency and deficiency Heat, Anemarrhena Zhi Mu, Phellodendron Huang Bai, Epimedium Yin Yang Huo, Morinda Bai Ji Tian, Dang Gui (as in Er Xian Tang)

Cautions:
1. Not for Damp-Heat or Heat from Yin deficiency
2. Not for urinary difficulty

Main Preparations used: