Ingredients: Gardenia fruit (zhi zi).
Mandarin: 梔子 Pin-Yin: Zhi Zi English: Gardenia Korean: 치자 Romaji: Sanshishi Kanji: 山梔子 Kampo: No |
Pharmaceutical Name:
- Gardeniae Fructus
Sources:
- Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica (Bensky et al.)
Properties:
- Cold, bitter
Channels Entered:
- Liver, lung, heart, stomach, triple burner
Herb Actions:
- Clears heat
- Relieves irritability
- Dries dampness
- Cools the blood
- Relieves toxicity and swelling
- Unblocks blood stasis
Contraindications:
- Not recommended for those with cold-dampness in the stomach and spleen
Commonly Found In:
- Gardenia & Vitex Combination, Gardenia & Hoelen Formula, Tang-kuei & Gardenia Combination