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Zhi Zi Tan, 1lb

Zhi Zi Tan, 1lb

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Gardenia Fruit resolves constrained heat, directs damp-heat downward and out through the urine, cools the blood, breaks up toxic accumulation - Bensky

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

  • Drains heat and eliminates irritability: for heat patterns with fever, irritability, restlessness, stifling sensation in the chest, insomnia, or delirious speech.*
  • Clears heat and resolves dampness: for painful urinary dribbling due to damp-heat in the lower burner; damp-heat and constrained Liver and Gallbladder (middle burner) with jaundice; and damp-heat in the Gallbladder and Triple Burner channels of the face, affecting the nose and eyes, or causing sores in the mouth or facial region.*
  • Cools the blood and resolves toxicity: for heat in the blood with such symptoms as nosebleed, or blood in the vomit, stool, or urine. For this purpose the herb is partially charred.*
  • Reduces swelling and moves blood stasis due to trauma: for this purpose, apply topically as a powder mixed with egg white or vinegar.*

English Name: Gardenia Fruit, Cape Jasmine Fruit
Chinese Name: Zhi Zi (Tan)
Unit Size: 1 pound
Taste: Bitter - Bensky
Properties: Cold - Bensky
Channels Entered: Heart, Lung, Stomach, Liver, Triple Burner - Bensky
Actions: Resolves constrained heat, directs damp-heat downward and out through the urine, cools the blood, breaks up toxic accumulation - Bensky
Pattern: Heat, damp-heat, constrained Liver and Gallbladder - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology: Heat patterns with fever, irrability, restlessness, stifling sensation in the chest, insomnia, delirious speech; painful urinary dribbling due to damp-heat in the lower burner; jaundice; sores in the mouth or facial region, nosebleed, bloody vomit, blood in the stool or urine - Bensky
Materia Medica: Clear Heat - Drain Fire
Contraindications: Contraindicated in those with cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach with reduced appetite and loose stools. - Bensky


Ingredients

Zhi Zi (Tan) - Gardeniae Fructus (Charred)

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