Pharmaceutical Name:

Os tigris

Zoological Name:

Panthera tigris L.

Common Name:

Tiger’s Bone

Source of Earliest Record:

Mingyi Bielu

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:

The fresh bone is dried in the shade, and then pounded into small pieces or soaked in wine or made into pills or powder.

Properties and Taste:

Pungent and warm

Meridian:

Liver and kidney

Functions:

To dispel wind and dampness and stop pain
To strengthen tendons and bones

Indications and Combinations:

1.     Wind-damp obstruction syndrome manifested as rheumatic pain, spasms of the limbs and motor impairment of joints.
*Use with Chaenomeles fruit (Mugua), Cyathula root (Niuxi), Acanthopanax bark (Wujiapi), Mulberry twigs (Sangzhi) and Teasel root (Xuduan) in the formula Hugu Mugua Jiu.

2.      Deficient liver and kidney manifested as fragile bones and tendons and weakness of the limbs.
*Use with Prepared rehmannia root (Shudihuang) and Cyathula root (Niuxi) in the formula Hu Qian Wan. 

Dosage:

3-6 g