Goat Bone

Name

Yang Gu (Goat Bone or Sheep Bone)

The Effect of Goat Bone

Property

Sweet, warm; kidney meridian entered.

Actions

Tonify the kidney, strengthen tendons and bones, stop bleeding.

Indications

Deafness, chronic diarrhea, nose bleeding, hypermenorrhea, gonorrhea, hematochezia, weakness of the waist and knees, thinness and weakness due to consumptive disease, luxated tooth,
muscular spasm.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct in water, or made porridge, or soaked in wine. Proper dosage is for external application. Stir-bake it into charchal and pound into powder for applying.

Cautions

It is contraindicated in case of excessive fire.