HT174:  30USD/KG  
***Ding Xiang (Flos Caryophylli)/Chinese Traditional Herb***
 
 
 
 
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The Effect of Ding Xiang
Property
Pungent, warm; spleen, stomach, lung and kidney meridians entered.
 
Actions
Warm middle energizer and check adverse flow of qi, dispel cold to alleviate pain, warm kidney and reinforce yang.
 
Indications
A. Vomiting and hiccup due to stomach cold
It has the actions of warming middle energizer and dispersing cold, so it is good at checking adverse rise of qi to arrest vomiting and stop hiccup and is the essential herb for vomiting and hiccup due to stomach cold. It is usually combined with the herbs of warming middle energizer, tonifying qi and checking the adverse rise of qi. For vomiting due to deficiency-cold, it is combined with Shi Di, Ren Shen and Sheng Jiang. For instance they are used together in Ding Xiang Shi Di Tang from Zheng Yin Mai Zhi. For vomiting, diarrhea and poor appetite due to deficiency-cold of spleen-stomach, it is usually combined with Bai Zhu and Sha Ren. For morning sickness, it is combined with Ren Shen and Huo Xiang from Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng.
B. Gastro-abdominal cold pain
It has the action of dispersing cold to alleviating pain. For gastro-abdominal cold pain, it is combined with Yan Hu Suo, Wu Ling Zhi and Ju Hong.
C. Impotence
It has the actions of warming kidney and reinforcing yang. For impotence, soreness and pain of waist and knees due to deficiency of kidney-yang, it is combined with kidney-yang-warming herbs such as Fu Zi, Rou Gui and Yin Yang Huo.
 
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 1~3 g. Proper dosage is for external application
 
More Information:
https://tcmwiki.com/wiki/ding-xiang