Gardenia fruit, Zhi Zi 执子
Cape Jasmine fruit
Zhi Zi (TCM)
Zhi Zi (TCM)
Gardenia jasminoides
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1842
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1842
Gardenia Fruit, Zhi Zi (Adam, 2017)
Botanical name:
Gardenia jasminoides
Parts used:
Fruit
Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Bitter
Classifications:
B. Clear Strong Heat or Fire
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
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:
1. Not suitable for Cold and weak digestion
Main Preparations used: