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Gou Ji (Chain Fern Rhizome)


Herbs that Tonify Yang
Gou Ji 狗脊

Rhizoma Cibotii Barometsis Chain Fern Rhizome

Channels KILIV
Nature Warm BitterSweet
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Gou Ji (Rhizoma Cibotii Barometsis)
Specimen Rhizoma Cibotii Barometsis

Materia Medica Data

Temperature
Warm
Nature & Flavour
Bitter, Sweet, Warm
Channels Entered
KI, LIV
Latin (pharmaceutical)
Rhizoma Cibotii Barometsis
Chinese
狗脊
Tone Marks
gŏu jĭ
Translation
Dog Spine
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Monograph in progress The detailed monograph sections for this herb — actions & indications, dosage, combinations, cautions, and research — are not yet documented. The identity and classification above are verified; the full profile is being sourced and reviewed.

Sources & References

Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus

The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.

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Chinese Herbs Books & References

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