Tongzhou Milkvetch Seed — Classic Formulas
Tong Ji Li · Semen Astragali Complanati
Primary Actions
- Warms and supplements the Kidney while securing essence - Tong Ji Li is a regional name for the Sha Yuan Zi seed and is used for leakage, reproductive weakness, and deficient lower-burner instability.
- Benefits the eyes through Liver-Kidney support - its traditional vision use fits deficiency blur rather than red inflamed excess-eye patterns.
- Supports fertility and constitutional resilience - it appears in tonic strategies for chronic weakness where reproductive function and essence have been depleted.
Classic Formulas
- Kidney-securing combinations use Tong Ji Li with Tu Si Zi, Fu Pen Zi, or Qian Shi for nocturnal emission and urinary leakage.
- Reproductive-tonic formulas may pair it with Du Zhong and Gou Ji when infertility and low-back weakness coexist.
- Eye-support deficiency formulas combine it with Gou Qi Zi and other Liver-Kidney nourishers rather than with strong heat-clearing eye herbs.
Classical Text References
- Traditional Chinese trade literature treats Tong Ji Li as an alternate name for the seed more commonly listed as Sha Yuan Zi or Sha Yuan Ji Li.
- Its actions remain those of a sweet warm Liver-Kidney tonic that secures essence and improves vision in deficiency patterns.
- Regional naming should not be mistaken for a separate herb with a different core therapeutic profile.