Euryale Seed

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Tonifies the Spleen and stops diarrhea ... Qian Shi is used when loose stool, poor appetite, and chronic digestive weakness reflect deficiency rather than acute infection.
• Tonifies the Kidneys and secures essence ... traditional use includes spermatorrhea, frequent urination, and lower-burner weakness with leakage.
• Dries dampness and stops leukorrhea ... it belongs to the group of astringent tonics that both supplement and stabilize rather than merely binding.

Secondary Actions

• Qian Shi is one of the clearest food-medicine bridge seeds in Chinese practice ... bland, starchy, and suitable for longer constitutional support.
• Unlike harsher astringents, it is classically valued because it secures while still supporting digestion and deficient constitutional reserve.

Classic Formulas

• Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan style pairings with Lian Zi and Sha Yuan Zi ... essence-securing logic for chronic lower-burner leakage.
• Yi Huang Tang ... a classic leukorrhea formula in which Qian Shi helps dry dampness while supporting the Spleen.
• Deficiency-diarrhea combinations with Shan Yao and Bai Zhu ... traditional approach when weak transformation leads to chronic loose stool.

Classical References

• Traditional references describe Qian Shi as sweet, astringent, and neutral, entering the Kidney and Spleen to tonify, secure, and check chronic leakage.
• Its combination of tonifying and binding action is why it appears in both reproductive-tonic and diarrhea-stabilizing formulas.
• The herb is most appropriate for deficiency with leakage, not for active damp-heat excess.