Chuan Lian Zi - Szechwan Chinaberry Fruit【Net Wt: 100g】

NPN 80095480

【Macroscopic Features】
Fruit is sub-spherical, 2~3cm diameter. Externally golden yellow to brownish-yellow, slightly lustrous, with dark brown spots. Apex has remnants of stylus; base has indented scars of fruit stem. Outer fruit skin is leathery, with a gap between flesh, which is loose and pale yellow, sticky when water is applied. Kernel is spherical or oval, hard, with flattened ends, and 6~8 longitudinal ridges split into 6~8 locules; each locule has one long round and black-brown seed. Distinctive odor; sour and bitter taste.

【Properties】Bitter; cold; slightly toxic

【Channels (meridians) entered】liver, small intestine, and bladder.

【Functions】
Soothes the liver, moves qi, relieves pain, expels worms. Apply to swelling pain of chest and abdomen, hernia pain, enterozoic abdominalgia.