Pinyin Name: Huai Niu Xi
English Name: Achyranthes Root
Properties: bitter, sour, neural
Channels Entered: Liver, Kidney

• Lower back and knee soreness, weakness and pain
• Treats soreness and pain in the muscles and joints by tonifying both the Liver and Kidney and strengthening their respective tissues. It is one of the most important and effective herbs for chronic pain in the lower body, such as week knees and lumbago.
• Weakness of the low back and knees
• Redness, swelling and pain of the lower body joints caused by damp-heat
• Joint pain in lower body due to wind and dampness.

• One of the stronger blood-activating herbs, treating various disorders characterized by blood stasis, such as menstrual pain, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, difficult labor, and postpartum abdominal pain

• Hematuria dysuria: dispels damp heat and eliminates blood stasis in the lower jiao to treat burning sensation and pain on urination

• Hematemesis, epitaxis, toothache, ulcerations of the mouth and tongue, headache and dizziness
• Tonifies liver and kidney yin
• Anchors liver yang
• prevents liver wind from rising upwards