Herb Listings


Zhi Zi / Gardenia, Cape Jasmine Fruit

Taste: Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Drain Fire
Dosage 3-12g	Actions 1. Clears heat & eliminates irritability: for heat patterns with fever, irritability, restlessness, a stifling sensation in the chest, insomnia, or delirious speech. 2. Dries damp-heat: for painful urinary dysfunction due to damp-heat in the lower burner; damp-heat & constrained Liver & Gallbladder (middle burner) with jaundice; & damp-heat in the Gallbladder & Triple Burner channels of the face, affecting the nose & eyes or causing sores in the mouth or facial region. 3. Cools the blood & stops bleeding: for heat in the blood with such symptoms as nosebleed, or blood in the vomit, stool, or urine. For this purpose, the herb is partiallly charred. 4. Reduces swelling & moves blood stasis due to trauma: for this purpose, apply topically as a powder mixed with egg white or vinegar.	Meridians Heart, Liver, Lung, Stomach, Triple Burner	Cautions Contraindicated in cases of loose stool or loss of appetite due to cold from deficiency.

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