Ji Nei Jin (Chicken Gizzard's Stomach Lining)

Chinese Name: 
Ji Nei Jin
English Name: 
Chicken Gizzard's Stomach Lining
Functions and Usage: 
  • Strongly reduces food stagnation, strengthen the transport function of the spleen.
  • Malnutrition in children.
  • Secures kidney essence, stops enuresis - bed wetting, frequent urination, nocturia.
  • Transforms hardness - gall bladder, bladder, and/or kidney stones.
Functional Groupings (Click for Summary/Study Notes): 
Dosage and Preparation Notes: 
  • Dosage: 3-9g
Temperature and Taste Properties: 
Contraindications: 
There are currently no contraindications listed.
Notes: 

There are no additional notes for this herb.

TCM Herbal Sources and More Information

The information on our site is drawn from our own lecture notes and clinical experience. The following lecture notes were used within this section:

  • Jin, Yan Ping: New England School of Acupuncture, CHM Pharmacopoeia I and II, Formulas I and II Lecture Notes

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