Yang Tonics
Hu Tao Rou (English Walnut Seed)
Name
He Tao Ren (English Walnut Seed)
Nature and action
Sweet and warm; enters the kidney, liver and large intestine channels. Tonifies the kidney, warms yang and moistens the intestines.
When it is used
- Cough and wheezing from lung and kidney deficiency
- Soreness and limpness of the lower back and knees
- Spermatorrhea
- Frequent urination
- Dryness of the intestines and constipation
Dose
Decoction 10~30 g. Use it with the peel to relieve cough and wheezing, and without the peel to moisten the intestines and smooth the stool.
Cautions
Contraindicated in yin deficiency with effulgent fire, and in cough and loose stool from phlegm-heat.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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