Drynaria, Gu Sui Bu 骨碎补

Fortune’s Drynaria Rhizome
Gu Sui Bu (TCM)
Be ljang re ral  བེ་ལྗང་རེ་རལ་ (Tibetan Medicine)

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Drynaria fortunei
H.S. Hu, R.C. Ching, Icones filicum Sinicarum, vol. 4 (1937)

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Aglaomorpha coronans
(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia)

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Botanical name:

Drynaria fortunei (syn. D. roosii, Polypodium fortunei, Aglaomorpha fortunei)

Parts used:

Root

Temperature & Taste:

Warm, dry. Bitter

Classifications:

3M. ARTHRITICS
D. Clear Wind and Damp
N. Tonics

Uses:

1. Tonifies the Kidneys, Strengthens the Bones:

-weakness and pain of the Lower Back and Knees
-Arthritic disorders, Rheumatic Arthritis, Osteoarthritis (TCM, Tibet)
-useful during recovery from injury to the Soft Tissues, Bones and Joints
-Loss of hearing, Tinnitus (TCM, Tibet)
-Loose Teeth, Bleeding Gums
-Chronic Diarrhea from Kidney deficiency.
-‘damage and injury of the tendon and bone’ (Su Song)
-good for ‘5 overstrains and 6 exhaustions’ (Zhen Quan)
-‘Heat in the upper part and Cold in the lower part of the body’. (Zhen Quan)

2. Moves the Blood, Promotes Healing of Sinews and Bones:

-Trauma, Bruising, Contusions, Sprains
-Fractures and Dislocations
-especially useful for soft tissue damage of the Tendons and Ligaments
-‘good for removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding’ (Kai Bai Ben Cao)
-‘good to treat abdominal pain of a woman due to disorder of Blood and Qi’. (Su Song)

3. Resists Poison: (Tibetan Medicine)

-resists all types of Poison (including Food poisoning)
-Hot disorders associated with Poison.
-Intoxication of the Bone’ (Zhen Quan)
-‘It treats Malignant sores’ (Da Ming)

4. Externally:

-topically for pain and swelling from Trauma, especially of the joints
-tincture is used topically in Hair Loss and Alopecia. (TCM, Tibet)

Dose:

Decoction: 9–20 grams
Powder: 1.5–4 grams

Preparation:

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Main Combinations:

1. Arthritis, chronic Lower Back Pain from Deficiency:
i. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
ii. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
iii. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
iv. Osteoarthritis and lower back pain, … available in PRO version
v. Osteoarthritis from deficiency, Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
2. Tinnitus:
i. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
ii. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu … available in PRO version
3. Chronic Diarrhea from Kidney deficiency, take Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
4. Toothache and loose Teeth, Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
5. Trauma of the muscles, sinews or bones:
i. mix the powder of Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version
ii. Drynaria Gu Sui Bu with … available in PRO version

Major Formulas:

Zhuang Gu Guan Jie Wan
Kang Gu Zeng Sheng Wan

Cautions:

Safe. Toxic side effects have been noted with massive doses (100 grams)
1. Use cautiously in Yin deficiency

Main Preparations used:



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