Bu+Gu+Zhi+(Psoralea)

[[image:Bu_Gu_Zhi.jpg width="147" height="328" align="right"]]Bu Gu Zhi (Psoralea) ["Tonify Bone Resin"]
Category: Herbs to Tonify Yang Nature : very warm Flavors: Acrid, Bitter Channels: **KI,** SP Functions: Tonify Kidney Yang; **Control essence & urination [Yang leakage]**; warm the Spleen & stop diarrhea; receive Qi to relieve asthma Indications: 1. Impotence, cold, & **pain in the lumbar region** & knee due to Kidney Yang deficiency 2. Seminal emission w/out dreams, frequent urination & incontinence of urine due to Kidney Yang deficiency 3. **Severe diarrhea** **due to Yang deficiency of the Kidney & Spleen** [**warms & tonifies KI & SP Yang]** 4. Shortness of breath, asthma due to Kidney deficiency **[Grasping Qi]** 5. May be used topically for vitiligo

Dosage: 5-10g.

Contra: constipation due to Yin deficiency & for hyperactivity of Yang due to Yin deficiency