Curculigo Rhizome (Xianmao)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Rhizoma curculiginis |
| Botanical Name: | Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. |
| Common Name: | Curculigo rhizome Golden-eye grass |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Haiyao Bencao |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The rhizomes are dug in early spring. After the fibrous roots have been removed, the roots are dried in the sun and cut into slices. |
| Properties and Taste: | Pungent, hot and toxic |
| Meridian: | Kidney |
| Functions: | To warm the kidney and strengthen yang To dispel cold and dampness |
| Indications and Combinations: | Weakness of kidney yang manifested as impotence, frigidity and cold pain in the lower back and knees due to obstruction by invasion of wind-cold dampness. *Use with Epimedium (Yinyanghuo). |
| Dosage: | 10-15 g (It can be used as decoction, pill or ointment.) |
| Cautions: | This herb is contraindicated in cases with deficient yin and excessive fire. |