Xiang+Fu+(Nut+Grass+Rhizome)

[[image:xiang_fu.jpg width="132" height="391" align="right"]]Xiang Fu (Nut Grass Rhizome) ["Aromatic Appendage"]
Nature : Neutral Flavors: Acrid, Slightly Sweet & Bitter Channels: LR, SP, GB, **TW**

Functions: Free Liver Qi; regulate menstruation & relieve **pain** Indications: 1.Costal & hypochondriac pain, epigastric pain, abdominal pain due to **Liver Qi stagnation** 2. Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea & breast tenderness due to Liver Qi stagnation **[Menstrual indications]**

Dosage: 6-12g.

Contra: N/A

Dry Fried until Charred
Nature : Neutral tending toward warm Flavors: Slightly Acrid, Bitter, and astringent

Functions: Harmonizes the blood, stops bleeding Indications: Metrorrhagia, meorrrhagia due to disharmony of the Chong and Ren channels w/ scanty but incessant bleeding 2. Hemorrhage due to Qi stagnation with hemetemesis, hematuria, melena, or metrorrhagia

Dosage: 5-10g.; up to 30g. in severe cases __Pao Zhi: An Introduction to the use of Processed Chinese Medicinals__; Philippe Sionneau

"Enhances ability to enter Liver Blood and harmonize the Blood to stop bleeding. Often for irregular menses" - Bensky Very neutral in flavor - almost a croutony consistency with that occasional charred marshmallow flavor seeping through very light and almost disintegrates after biting through the charred outside the flavor dissipates quite rapidly with little to no aftertaste/residual flavor - up and vacates

Ginger Fried
"Transforms phlegm and thins mucus" - Bensky An almost floral overtone; more aromatic flavor or expansive quality There is a slight delay in flavor but it then hits the tongue deep and along the sides. MUCH more of a nasal effect hangs out at the front of the mouth and the front sinuses

Wine Fried
"mobilizes the channels and collaterals" - Bensky More woody in nature and a deeper tone than that of the Ginger-fried Flavor dissipates faster than that of the ginger-fried, but slower then with the charred Still having an opening feeling but milder in nature Felt in the extremities about Kidney (primarily)/ Bladder channel as well as the Liver channel at the dorsum of the foot