Osuyu
Evodia · Evodiae Fructus
한글 오수유 · Pinyin Wu Zhu Yu
吳茱萸
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Acrid, bitter · hot
- Channels entered
- Liver, Spleen, Stomach, Kidney
- Actions
- Warms the middle and disperses Liver-channel cold, directs rebellion downward, stops vertex headache and cold pain
- Typical dose
- 1.5–5 g
- Caution
- Slightly toxic; small doses, short courses
Appears in 18 formulas 處方
- Warm the Menses Decoction溫經湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Regulate the Menses and Plant the Jade Decoction調經種玉湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Evodia Decoction吳茱萸湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Four Miracle Pill四神丸 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Angelica Frigid Extremities Decoction plus Evodia and Fresh Ginger當歸四逆加吳茱萸生薑湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Left Metal Pill左金丸 2 g · Deputy 臣
- Tangerine Peel Decocted Pill橘皮煎元 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Four-Ingredient Evodia and Coptis Pill四味茱連丸 4 g · Envoy 使
- Nine-Ingredient Evodia and Coptis Pill九味茱連丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Crossing Peace Pill交泰丸 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Restore the Metal Pill回金丸 40 g · Envoy 使
- Regulate the Cycle Powder調經散 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Thousand Gold Regulate the Cycle Decoction千金調經湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Level the Liver, Order the Qi and Protect the Center Pill平肝順氣保中丸 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Evodia and Coptis Pill茱連丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Atractylodes and Coptis Pill蒼連丸 40 g · Chief 君
- Atractylodes and Coptis Decoction蒼連湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Sulphur Decoction硫黃湯 60 g · Deputy 臣