| BASIC INFORMATION | |
|---|---|
| Plant name in Latin: | Gardenia jasminoides |
| Herb name in Chinese: | 栀子 |
| Herb name in Pinyin: | ZHI ZI |
| Herb name in English: | Cape Jasmine Fruit |
| HERB PROPERTIES | |
| Herb property: | Cold |
| Herb flavor: | Bitter |
| Herb meridian tropism: | Lung,Stomach,Liver,Heart |
| HERB DESCRIPTION | |
| Use part: | ripe fruit |
| Herb effect: | To drain fire and relieve dysphoria, clear heat and disinhibit urine, eliminate heat in blood, stanch bleeding. |
| Herb indication: | Acute icterohepatitis, febrile diseases, vexation, melancholia, restlessness, stagnation of damp-heat in liver and gall, fever, jaundice, short voidings of reddish urine, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, dysentery with hematochezia and hematuria. |
| CROSS REFERENCES | |
| TCMID id: | 2221 |
| HERB id: | HERB007046 |
| SymMap id: | SMHB00483 |