Zhi Zi (Cape Jasmine Fruit, Gardenia)
Submitted by yyh_staff on Mon, 2008-06-09 14:44.
Chinese Name:
Zhi ZiEnglish Name:
Cape Jasmine Fruit, GardeniaFunctions and Usage:
- Clears heat (Heart and Liver), eliminates irritability - heat patterns with fever, restlessness, insomnia, delirium, stifling sensation in the chest.
- Drains damp heat - lin (urinary dysfunction) syndrome due to damp-heat in the lower warmer, damp-heat and constrained liver and gallbladder causing jaundice, damp-heat in the gall bladder and triple heater channels of the face - eyes, nose, sores in the mouth and face.
- Cools the blood, stops bleeding - nosebleed, blood in vomit, stool, urine; (needs to partially charred).
- Topically for blood stasis due to trauma, reduces swelling.
Functional Groupings (Click for Summary/Study Notes):
Dosage and Preparation Notes:
- Dosage: 3-12g
Channels Influenced:
Temperature and Taste Properties:
Contraindications:
- Avoid in patients with loose stools and/or loss of appetite due to cold from deficiency.
Notes:
- Compare with Xia Ku Cao, Long Dan Cao, Chuan Lian Zi for clearing liver heat function.
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