Traditional Chinese Medicine/Zhi Zi

Name Means:
 * Zhi-Gardenia
 * Zi-Seed

English Name:
 * gardenia fruit
 * Cape Jasmine fruit

Chinese Name:
 * 栀子 (Pinyin: zhī zi)

Latin Name:
 * Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis

Taste & Temperature:
 * ../Ku-Bitter/
 * ../Han-Cold/

Channels:
 * Hand Tai Yin of Lung
 * Hand Shao Yin of Heart
 * Foot Yang Ming of Stomach
 * Foot Jue Yin of Liver
 * Hand Shao Yang of San Jiao

Actions & Indications:
 * Clear Heat & Drain Fire
 * eliminate irritability
 * drain Damp-Heat for jaundice
 * cool Blood and stop bleeding (charred)
 * reduce swelling and move Blood Stagnation due to trauma (powder, topically)

Contraindications:
 * Spleen/Stomach Deficient Cold
 * loose stool or loss of appetite due to deficient cold

Dosage:
 * 1-4 qian (3-12 grams)

Cooking:
 * crush

back to:
 * ../Qing Re Xia Huo/
 * ../TCM Materia Medica/