Tiger's Bone

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Historically dispelled wind and alleviated pain ... Hu Gu was classically used for severe wind-damp pain, joint weakness, and chronic obstruction affecting the bones and sinews.
• Historically strengthened bones and supported deep deficiency ... older records describe it for weakness of the low back, knees, and skeletal framework.
• Historically relieved convulsion and contracture ... some traditional indication lists include tremor, spasm, or limb contracture.

Secondary Actions

• This record is historical and documentary only ... modern legality, conservation, and ethics override the old medicinal trade completely.
• It should be read alongside substitution, wildlife-protection, and fraud-detection concerns rather than as a use-promoting monograph.

Classic Formulas

• Historical Hu Gu Jiu and related medicated-wine traditions ... used for wind-damp pain and skeletal weakness.
• Old bone-and-sinew strengthening powders or pills ... a legacy lane rather than a viable modern practice.
• Historical animal-medicine pain formulas ... now relevant mainly as context for substitution and conservation discussion.

Classical References

• Traditional herbology described Hu Gu as pungent and warm, entering the Liver and Kidney to dispel wind, stop pain, strengthen bones, and relieve convulsion.
• Modern conservation law and endangered-species protection override the historical use record.