Sha Yuan Zi is used internally in decoction or in pills and powder.
Sha Yuan Zi belongs to the yang tonic medicine in the deficiency medicine, for the legume plant flat stem astragalus mature seeds. Sha Yuan Zi is also known as salt Sha Yuan Zi, Sha Yuan Tribulus Terrestris, Tong Tribulus Terrestris. Sha Yuan Zi is warm and sweet in nature, and enters the kidney meridian and liver meridian. Sha Yuan Zi can be used internally and externally.
Sha Yuan Zi has the effect of tonifying the kidney and helping the yang, consolidating semen and urine (consolidating semen and urine, preventing random leakage), nourishing the liver and brightening the eyes, and can treat kidney deficiency, dark eyes, dizziness and vertigo.
Caution should be exercised in the use of Sha Yuan Zi for those with yin deficiency and fire (deficiency of yin and essence in the body, resulting in hyperactive deficiency and fire), those with dysuria (unsmooth urination) and those allergic to Sha Yuan Zi.
The drug should be used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to identify the symptoms and should not be used on its own.