Primary Functions
As a tonic to the kidney and liver functions, toning up the vital essence and blood, fortifying the muscles, tendons and bones, and to prevent premature aging, maintaining the youthful condition and color of the hair, strengthening sperm and ova, fortifying the back and knees and as the premier longevity herb of Chinese Tonic herbalism.
Qualities
Prepared Polygonum is one of the most important and widely used Chinese Tonic herbs. It shares the position as the primary essence tonic of Chinese herbalism with Lycium.
Polygonum is tonic to the kidney and liver functions. It is a potent and surefire yin essence tonic. As such it strengthens the tendons, ligaments and bones, and prevents premature aging. It reputedly has the capacity to return gray hair to black. This is one of its most popular attributes and is used throughout Asia for this purpose.
It is also capable of increasing sperm and making the ova more vital. It is therefor considered to be a primary fertility-enhancing herb. Many men have claimed that consuming Polygonum has noticeably increased their sperm production. One client of mine, who was trying to impregnate his wife, told me that after taking Polygonum for one month that his sperm count had tripled, according to lab tests. Polygonum is likewise famous for increasing the fertility of women. Traditionally this herb is said to increase essence and blood. This combination of attributes indicates that it would increase fertility in a woman, since essence and blood are the two necessary qualities required to bear a child. Both men and women attempting to have children thus take Polygonum.
Another attribute of the herb, associated with its Kidney and Liver tonic effects, is its ability to strengthen the lower back, the knees and tendons, ligaments and bones throughout the body. Thus Polygonum is not only useful for maintaining youthfulness but also for providing added strength to the body. It is also used to strengthen muscle. Polygonum is therefor very widely used by athletes and martial artists in Asia. It is a perfect essence tonic for the athletically inclined, providing strength, resilience and stamina to the body. Alone, or properly combined with other tonic herbs, Polygonum is an ideal longevity-promoting, anti-aging tonic herb.
The benefits of herbs known to be adaptogens is that they can restore the body to homeostasis better than anything else (herb or medicine) because they target and strengthen the whole body. They are tonicums. The Chinese definition of a tonic herb is anything that you can consume on a daily basis over the long term without negative side effects. Tonic herbal adaptogens are non-specific because they balance and tone a wide range of different biological functions all at once.
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