gou ji
狗脊 rhizoma cibotii barometsis
Gou Ji looks like jerky treats for your dog. Its name means dog spine. The plant it comes from is a fern, which looks spine like. Gou Ji is on the CITES list, so we don't have a sample in our kits.
9 - 15 grams
Kidney & Liver
WARM
bitter & sweet
Before Gou Ji (sore back and urinary incontinence):
Gou Ji's sweetness tonifies the kidney and liver (I'll bet my dogs can do that, too) and Gou Ji's bitterness dries dampness. It is warm (like my dogs) and so promotes movement and unblocks stagnation (and my dogs right now are eyeballing me to get my ass out of this chair and take them to the park, or at the very least, play fetch with the toy squirrel). Because of Gou Ji's involvement in the liver channel, it tonifies the sinews and bones. The fact that it goes to the kidneys brings its tonification function to the lower back and knees. It expels cold, wind, and damp. Functionally, it is compared with the horny goat (yin yang huo). Not surprisingly, the horny goat is better at making you horny, while the dog spine - Gou Ji - excels at treating sinews and bones (powerfully expelling wind damp because dogs expect you to get out there and play and walk and run and chase).
Three primary functions, already mentioned above, but presented here in a linear manner:
1. Tonifies Liver and Kidneys, strengthening sinews and bones
* stiff, sore, weak lower back, spine, lower extremities
2. Expels wind-damp
* wind-damp bi (sore and numb - which might happen after you romp around with the wild dogs)
3. Warms and Stabilizes the Kidneys
* incontinence (will help you to be house trained!)
* vaginal discharge and spermatorrhea (no cute comments here)
After Gou Ji:
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