Gou Teng Yin

Main benefits

• Pattern Identification: Traditionally used for the TCM pattern of Liver Yang rising with internal Wind on a background of Liver and Kidney Yin deficiency, where rising Yang and Wind disturb the head and upper body, causing tension, dizziness, and agitation in TCM terms.​

• Core Function: Formulas under the name Gou Teng Yin (often clinically equivalent to Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin / Gou Teng Wan types) are designed to calm the Liver, extinguish internal Wind, clear Heat from the Liver channel, and nourish underlying Yin and Blood so that Yang can be anchored.​

• Wind-Extinguishing Duo: Built around Gou Teng (Uncaria with hooks) and often Tian Ma (Gastrodia), which together calm the Liver, extinguish internal Wind, and alleviate head‑level symptoms such as dizziness or tremor in the TCM sense, by relaxing hyperactive channels in the upper body.​

• Yang Anchoring: Commonly combined with heavy substances like Shi Jue Ming (Abalone shell) or similar agents that anchor Yang and clear Heat from the head and eyes, preventing further upward flaring of Liver Yang.​

• Yin and Blood Support: Frequently includes Liver–Kidney nourishing herbs (for example Du Zhong, Niu Xi, Sang Ji Sheng or related choices) to tonify Yin and Blood, strengthen the sinews and bones, and guide excess Yang downward, addressing the root deficiency that allows Wind to arise.​​

• Heat and Stagnation Clearing: Often paired with Heat‑clearing and mildly Blood‑invigorating herbs such as Zhi Zi or Huang Qin‑type components to clear Liver Heat, cool the Blood, and prevent stagnation while internal Wind is being calmed.​

• Clinical Niche (TCM): Selected when both excess (Liver Yang/Wind/Heat rising) and deficiency (Liver–Kidney Yin/Blood depletion) are present, especially when manifestations are concentrated in the head and sensory orifices (dizziness, tinnitus, head distention, internal agitation), understood purely in TCM pattern language.​

• Classical/Modern Heritage: Though a modern composite formula grounded in classical Liver‑Wind theory, Gou Teng‑based decoctions such as Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin are now standard entries in formularies under “Pacify and extinguish internal Wind,” with extensive pharmacological research framed around improving head and vessel circulation in TCM terms.​

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