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TCM Vitamins

This document summarizes the traditional Chinese medicine functions of various vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. It lists how each nutrient is believed to affect the body's systems and treat certain health issues according to TCM principles. For example, it states that vitamin A supplements blood and brightens eyes, vitamin B1 courses the liver and rectifies qi, and calcium astringes yin and suppresses yang. The document provides TCM perspectives on how over 50 different nutrients may impact the body.

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TCM Vitamins

This document summarizes the traditional Chinese medicine functions of various vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. It lists how each nutrient is believed to affect the body's systems and treat certain health issues according to TCM principles. For example, it states that vitamin A supplements blood and brightens eyes, vitamin B1 courses the liver and rectifies qi, and calcium astringes yin and suppresses yang. The document provides TCM perspectives on how over 50 different nutrients may impact the body.

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TCMFUNCTIONSOF VITAMINS

fromBobFlaws,The Tao of Healthy Eating VITAMINS Vitamin A - Supplements Blood, fills Essence, brightens eyes, clears heat from Blood, treats Deficiency Heat Vitamin B1 - Courses the LR, rectifies Qi, fortifies SP, dries damp, stops pain Vitamin B2 - Nourishes LR & KD, engenders fluids, boosts ST Vitamin B3 - Soothes LR, harmonizes ST, fortifies SP, clears ST heat, upbears clear, frees flow of Qi Vitamin B5 - Courses LR, rectifies Qi, clears heat, resolves depression, supplements SP, harmonizes ST Vitamin B6 - Courses LR, rectifies Qi, clears heat, resolves depression, harmonizes Wood & Earth, clears heat from ST and damp heat from GB Vitamin B12 - Supplements Qi, nourishes Blood, stops bleeding Vitamin B15 - Rectifies Qi, quickens Blood, transforms stasis Biotin - Nourishes Blood, emolliates LR, supplements Heart, quiets Spirit Choline - Nourishes Blood, extinguishes Wind, strengthens sinew & bone, moistens Intestines and frees flow of stool Folic acid - Nourishes Blood, harmonizes LR, quiets Spirit and fetus Inositol - Nourishes Blood, moistens intestines, quiets Spirit PABA - Supplements LR & KD, moistens intestines and frees flow of stool, dispels wind, blackens the hair, retards aging

Vitamin C - Clears heat & stops bleeding, relieves toxicity, clears heat from Heart, quiets Spirit Vitamin D - Supplements KD, invigorates Yang, strengthens sinew and bone, brightens eyes, quiets fetus Vitamin E - Nourishes Blood, supplements Yang, strengthens sinew and bone Vitamin K - Secures and astringes LU/LI, stops bleeding Bioflavonoids - Clears heat from Blood and stops bleeding, quickens Blood and transforms stasis Beta-carotene - Courses LR, rectifies Q, clears heat, relieves toxicity, disperses stagnation & accumulation, combats cancer MINERALS Calcium - Astringes Yin and suppresses Yang, strengthens bones and promotes generation of new tissue, absorbs acid, stops pain Chromium - Fortifies SP, boosts Qi, supplements Qi and Blood Cobalt - Supplements Qi to transform Blood Copper - Fortifies SP, seeps dampness, clears and eliminates damp heat Flourine - Supplements KD, enriches Yin, strengthen bones and teeth Iodine - Courses LR, rectifies Qi, clears heat, scatters nodulation Iron - Clears heat cools Blood, quickens Blood, transforms stasis Magnesium - Astringes Yin, suppresses Yang, quiets Spirit, absorbs acid, stops pain Manganese - Nourishes LR, enriches KD, strengthens sinew and bone, sharpens hearing

Molybdenum - Nourishes BLood, enriches Yin, clears heat cools blood Phosphorus - Supplements KD, enriches Yin, strengthens sinew and bone Potassium - Fortifies SP, seeps dampness, clears heat, expels pus, dispels wind dampness, clears damp heat Selenium - Astringes Yin and suppresses Yang, quiets Spirit, brightens eyes Silica - Supplements KD strengthens bones Silicon - supplements LR/KD, strengthens sinew and bone Sodium - Supplements LR/KD, secures Essence, softens hardness and scatters nodulations Sulfur - Supplements KD, warms Yang, blackens hair, benefits skin Zinc - Nourishes LR and enriches KD, strengthens bones, brightens eyes AMINO ACIDS Alanine - Fortifies SP, boosts Qi, nourishes Heart and quiets Spirit Arginine - Supplements KD, invigorates Yang, moistens intestines and frees flow of stool,-strengthens sinew & bone, dispels wind-cold-damp BCAA - Supplements KD, enriches Yin Carnitine - Supplements Blood and Yin Cysteine - Nourishes LR/KD, clears heat cools Blood, relieves toxicity, blackens hair, promotes growth of new tissue Glultamic acid - Supplements KD, enriches Yin

Glutathione - clears heat relieves toxicity, cools Blood, promotes lactation Glycine - Supplements Blood, promotes growth of new tissue Histidine - Supplements Blood and Yin, may clear heat cool blood Lysine - Supplements Blood and Yin, may clear heat and relieve toxicity Methionine - Nourishes and cools Blood, soothes LR, quiets Spirit Ornithine - Supplements Yang Phenylalanine - Resolves exterior, clears heat, relieves toxicity, moves Qi, stops pain Taurine - Clears heat relieves toxicity, drains LR, clears damp heat from GB, promotes lactation Threonine - Nourishes Blood, extinguishes wind, soothes LR, relieves tension & contractions Tryptophan - Courses LR resolves depression, quickens Blood transforms stasis, quiets Spirit, stops pain Tyrosine - - Courses LR rectifies Qi, harmonizes Wood & Earth

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