This product is the root of the perennial vine Morinda (Morinda officinalis How) of the India Madder Root family. Mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places. It can be mined year-round. Dried in the sun, steamed thoroughly, and the wooden core removed, it is called "Morinda meat". Cut into sections and dry. Use raw or broiled in salt water.

[Property]

sweet and acrid, slightly warm, act on kidney and liver channels.

[Efficacy]

Replenishes kidney yang, strengthens muscles and bones, dispelling wind and dampness.

[Indications]

1. Used for kidney yang deficiency, weak impotence, sterility, menstrual irregularities, cold pain in lower abdomen, etc. It can warm and tonify kidney yang. To treat impotence and sterility, it is often used with Epimedium Herb, Common Curculigo Rhizome, Barbary Wolfberry Fruit, etc., such as Jingyue Quanshu Sanyu Pills. Treats cold pain in lower abdomen, cold pain in lower abdomen, menstrual irregularities, often equated with Lesser Galangal Rhizome, Cassia Bark, Evodia Fruit To use, add Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang Morinda Pills.
2. Used for liver and kidney deficiency, bone wilting, waist and knee pain, or wind-dampness, chronic numbness, and difficulty in walking. It can not only tonifying yang, replenishing essence and strengthening muscles and bones, but also has pungent and warming properties to remove wind-dampness. It is often used with Eucommia Bark and Hypoglaucous Yam, such as Zhangshi Yitong Diamond Pills.

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[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Maintains strong wind pathogenic qi, prevents impotence, strengthens muscles and bones, stabilizes five zang-organs, replenishes the middle, and increases will tonifying qi."
2. Bencao Beiyao: "tonifying the kidney and replenishing essence, treating five kinds of strain seven damages, Xinwensan wind-dampness, treating wind-dampness and edema."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take 10-15g.

[Modern Pharmacology]

The root bark contains phytosterols, and the roots contain anthraquinones, flavonoids, vitamin C, sugars, etc. Morinda has corticosteroid-like effects and lowers blood pressure. Morinda decocted with water can significantly increase the weight of mice, extend swimming time, inhibit thymus atrophy in young mice, and increase the number of white blood cells in the blood.