Yang Qi Shi - 陽起石 - Actinolitum

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Actinolitum
Common English:	Actinolite

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Salty	Slightly Warm	Kidney	3-8g

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Warms the Kidneys and the Lower Jiao, warms the Ming Men and fortifies the Yang	Kidney Yang Deficiency and Cold patterns with impotence, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation and soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees
Warms the Womb	Cold Womb with infertility and uterine bleeding

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Contraindicated for those with Yin Deficiency with Heat signs.
Contraindicated for those with impotence due Lower Jiao Fire Stagnation.
Contraindicated for those with continuous uterine bleeding or vaginal discharge due to Overabundant Fire.
Do not use long term.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Sm. Allii Tuberosi Jiu Cai Zi (Fr. Psoraliae) (Bu Gu Zhi) Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum Lu Rong	Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum Lu Rong	Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi (Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata) (Shu Di Huang)
Impotence, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, and low back pain from Deficient Kidney Yang	Cold Womb	Cold Womb Infertility
Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum Lu Rong
Kidney Yang Deficiency in men

Its name translates literally as “stone for raising the Yang”.
It can reduce abdominal masses linked to Cold in the Lower Jiao.
It is able to treat deep-seated Blood Stagnation, Wind-Damp-Bi or edema arising from Deficiency Cold of the Lower Jiao.
Yang Qi Shi and Sm. Allii Tuberosi Jiu Cai Zi both tonify Kidney Yang strongly. Yang Qi Shi is intensely warming, warms the Ming Men and reduces both mobile and fixed masses. Jiu Cai Zi warms the Yang and astringes Jing and urine.
Calcined Actinolitum Duan Yang Qi Shi is the form most commonly used, as it is easier to pulverize and decoct.
Wine Actinolitum Jiu Yang Qi Shi is easier to pulverize and decoct and strengthens the Yang more powerfully.