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Botanical name |
Cuscuta chinensis |
| Pin yin name | Tu Si Zi | |
| Pin yin description | tu is a character for this herb derived from the character meaning rabbit; si means silk, and zi means seeds, the part used; this plant is a parasitic weed that sets up a mat of hair-like fibers at its base and then rapidly sends fibrous stems upward; thus Tu Si refers to the quality of these fibers like silky rabbit hair; a common name for dodders in the West, based on the undesirable weed-like nature of these plants, is Devil's Hair | |
| Other common names | Chinese Dodder | |
| Part used | Seed | |
| Taste | Pungent, Sweet | |
| Nature | Neutral | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Supplement yang and yin, astringe the kidney essence, brighten the eyes | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Deficiency of kidney qi, causing symptoms of impotence, frequent urination, leukorrhea, and soreness and pain of the low back and knees; blurred vision due to deficiency of liver and kidney; loose stools or diarrhoea due to deficiency of spleen and kidney | |
| Possible unwanted effects | None noted | |
| Herb drug interactions | None reported | |
| TCM and other contraindications | Yin deficiency with heat; constipation accompanied by scanty urination | |
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