Paraquilegia anemonoides, Yu mo mde’u ’byin ཡུ་མོ་མདེའུ་འབྱིན

Yu mo mde’u ’byin (Tibetan)
Jia lou dou cai 假楼斗菜 (TCM)

Paraquilegia microphylla
J.F. Royle, Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural
history of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, Plates, vol. 2 (1839)

Paraquilegia microphylla
Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, vol. 1920 (1920)

Paraquilegia microphylla
(Photo by Фахразиев Альфир Магафурьянович) (Wikimedia)

Botanical name:

Several species of Paraquilegia are used:
1. P. anemonoides
2. P. microphylla

Parts used:

Whole plant

Temperature & Taste:

Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet

Uses:

1. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation:

-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea
-Promotes Labor
-Expels a Dead Fetus

2. Moves the Blood, Resolves Stasis, Stops Bleeding, Eases Pain:

-Blood stasis; Bruising; Hematoma
-Pain associated with Blood stagnation or Bruising
-Bleeding due to Trauma
-Uterine Bleeding
-inflammation of Wounds
-helps eject foreign bodies from Wounds (inc. bullets etc.)

Dose:

Decoction: 3–6 grams
Powder: 1–3 grams

Main Combinations:

1. To promote and enhance Labor, Paraquilegia, Mirabilis, Tribulus, Angelica glauca, Snake skin

Major Formulas:

Paraquilegia 6 (Mde’u ‘byin drug pa)

Cautions:

Not used during Pregnancy.

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