Traditional Chinese Medicine/Man Jing Zi

Name Means:
 * Man-to spread
 * Jing-Brambles/thorns
 * Zi-Seeds

English Name:
 * Vitex fruit

Chinese Name:
 * 蔓荆子 (Pinyin: màn jīng zĭ)

Latin Name:
 * Fructus Viticis

Taste & Temperature:
 * ../Xin-Spicy/
 * ../Ku-Bitter/
 * ../Liang-Cool/

Channels:
 * Foot Tai Yang of Urinary Bladder
 * Foot Jue Yin of Liver
 * Foot Yang Ming of Stomach

Actions & Indications:
 * disperses Wind-Heat (Spicy & Cool)
 * clears head & eyes
 * drains Damp & expels Wind

Contraindication:
 * Qi & Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating

Caution:
 * Yin deficiency syndrome
 * Blood deficiency
 * chronic skin infection
 * headache or eye problem due to Blood or Yin deficiency
 * Stomach Qi deficiency

Antagonize:
 * ../Wu Tou/
 * ../Shi Gao/

Dosage:
 * 2-4 qian (6-12 grams)

back to:
 * ../Xin Liang Jie Biao/
 * ../TCM Materia Medica/