Gardenia fruit, Zhi Zi 执子

Cape Jasmine fruit
Zhi Zi (TCM)

Gardenia jasminoides
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1842

Gardenia Fruit, Zhi Zi (Adam, 2017)

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Botanical name:
Gardenia jasminoides

Parts used:
Fruit

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Bitter

Classifications:
B. Clear Strong Heat or Fire

Uses:
1. Clears Heat:
-Fever with restlessness

2. Clears Damp Heat, Promotes Urine:
-painful urination

3. Clears Heat, Moves Blood, Stops Bleeding:
-Bleeding caused by Heat

4. Externally:
-moves the Blood, eases Pain; powder applied with vinegar or alcohol

Dose:
Decoction: 6–9 grams;
Powder: 500mg–3 grams

Preparation:
... available in PRO version

Main Combinations:
1. Gardenia Zhi Zi with ... available in PRO version
2. Constrained Qi, Gardenia Zhi Zi with ... available in PRO version
3. Heat with irritability and restlessness, combine Gardenia Zhi Zi with ... available in PRO version
4. Heat in the Heart with scanty, brown urine, Gardenia Zhi Zi ... available in PRO version
5. Clear Heat and Toxin in Mouth and Tongue Sores, Gum swelling: Gardenia Zhi Zi ... available in PRO version
6. Diarrhea or Leukorrhea from Damp-Heat, Gardenia Zhi Zi with ... available in PRO version
7. Liver heat, Gardenia Zhi Zi with ... available in PRO version
8. Gall Bladder inflammation or obstruction, Gardenia Zhi Zi with ... available in PRO version
9. Jaundice:
i. Gardenia Zhi Zi with ... available in PRO version
ii. Gardenia Zhi Zi with ... available in PRO version
10. Painful, dribbling urine, ... available in PRO version
11. Externally for Sprains:
i. powdered Gardenia Zhi Zi with ... available in PRO version
ii. powdered Gardenia Zhi Zi with ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
An Gong Niu Huang Wan
Dang Gui Long Hui Wan
Dan Zhi Xiao Yan San (Jia Wei Xiao Yao San)
Fang Feng Tong Sheng San
Huang Lian Jie Du Tang
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin

Cautions:
1. Not suitable for Cold and weak digestion

Main Preparations used: