Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

(This is my own personal database of teachers, teachings and notes that I use in my practice. I’ve decided to share it freely with anyone who would like to reference it.)

Zhi Ma You (Ma You) - 芝麻油 - Oleum Sesame - Sesame Oil

Pharmaceutical Latin: Oleum Sesame
Common English: Sesame Oil

Category

Herbs for External Application

Properties

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Sweet Cool. Lung
Spleen
Liver
Kidney

Actions And Indications

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Removes toxicity, promotes tissue regeneration and moistens Dryness

Sores and boils, tinea, scabies, ulcerations, chapped skin. dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, impaired hearing, premature graying of the hair and beard and loss of hair after a serious disease,

Relaxes the bowels

Constipation. indigestion and ascariasis

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Spleen deficiency and loose stools.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Major Combinations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

  1. It may be taken orally or applied externally.

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.