Zhi Zi
Fructus Gardeniae 栀子
- Nature
- Cold
- Flavours
- Bitter
- Meridians
- Heart, Liver, Lung, Stomach, Triple Burner
- Class
- Heat-Clearing and Fire-Purging Medicinals (Qing Re Xie Huo Yao)Heat-Clearing Medicinals (Qing Re Yao)
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
Actions / Functions
- Drains the Fire
- Clarifies Heat at Qi Level
- Clarifies Heat
- Clarifies the Heart
- Calms dysphoria/anxiety
- Quiets the Spirit
- Clarifies and unblocks Damp-Heat
- Eliminates Dampness
- Clarifies the eyes
- Clarifies the Liver and the Gallbladder
- Clarifies the Liver
- Pushes back the Yellow (jaundice)
- Unblocks the Gallbladder
- Favors Water elimination (diuresis)
- Refreshes the Blood
- Stops bleedings
- Eliminates toxins
- Activates Blood and dissipates Stasis
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction)
- Eliminates pain
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction – topic use)