Hasuo
Fleeceflower Root · Polygoni Multiflori Radix
한글 하수오 · Pinyin He Shou Wu
何首烏
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Bitter, sweet, astringent · slightly warm
- Channels entered
- Liver, Kidney
- Actions
- Tonifies Liver and Kidney Blood and essence (prepared), blackens hair, moistens intestines (raw)
- Typical dose
- 6–12 g
- Caution
- Use prepared form for tonification; reports of hepatotoxicity with raw or excessive use
Appears in 7 formulas 處方
- Angelica Drink當歸飮子 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Immortals' Black Sesame Pill神仙巨勝子元 160 g · Chief 君
- Extend Life and Secure the True Elixir益壽固眞丹 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Immortals' Black Cloud Elixir神仙烏雲丹 300 g · Chief 君
- Repel Age, Blacken the Beard, Fortify Yang Elixir却老烏鬚健陽丹 1200 g · Chief 君
- Seven Immortals Elixir七仙丹 150 g · Chief 君
- Shaman's Cloud Powder巫雲散 37.5 g · Assistant 佐