Definition:
In the Chinese Herbal Materia Medica, Yu Jin belongs to category of herbs that rectify the blood.
Taste: acrid, bitter
Temperature: cold
Channels Entered: Heart, Lung, Liver
Actions:
(1) Invigorates the qi & blood, breaks up stasis, cools the blood.
(2) Clears heat in the heart, opens the orifices.
(3) Relieves constraint of Liver qi.
(4) Benefits the Gallbladder to reduce jaundice.
Also Known As:
Common Name: Tumeric Tuber
Pharmaceutical: Tuber Curmumae
Botanical: Curcuma
