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