Achyranthes Root - Huai Niu Xi

Products Featuring This Herb:
Achyranthes Root Extract Powder
Frame Builder
Imperial Garden
Remove Stagnation
Profound Essence
Return to Youth
Strength Builder
Supreme Creation
Women's Jing
Drain Away Obstruction Pills
Four Marvel Teapills
Gastrodia Teapills
Joint Inflammation Teapills
Left Side Replenishing Teapills
Return to Spring Teapills
Seven Treasures for Hair Teapills
Solitary Hermit Teapills
Stasis in the Mansion of Blood Teapills
Three Painful-Obstruction Decoction Teapills

Other Common Names
Achyranthes Root

Page Number In Ancient Wisdom of the Chinese Tonic Herbs
199

Latin Name
Achyranthes Bidentatae, Radix

Pinyin
Niu Xi (Huai Niu Xi)

Treasures
jing

Treasure Rating
**

Atmospheric Energy
Neutral

Taste
Bitter, Sour, Neutral

Organ Meridian Systems
Liver, Kidney

Qualities
Achyranthes Root is frequently used in Yang tonic formulations. It is mild jing tonic. Its main function generally revolves around its ability to guide other herbs to the Kidneys, genitals and legs. Achyranthes root is used in many Kidney tonic formulations to improve circulation in the lower part of the body.

Achyranthes root tonifies the Liver and Kidney, strengthens tendons and bones, lower back and knee soreness, weakness and pain, Benefits 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, activates blood circulation, dispels blood stasis, gynecological disorders, 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, difficult labor, musculo-skeletal pain due to external and sports injuries, promotes urination, benefits dysuria,Hematuria dysuria: dispels damp heat and eliminates blood stasis in the lower jiao to treat burning sensation and pain on urination, directs fire and blood downwards, abnormal bleeding because of fire flaring upwards, 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.