Zhi Zi - Common Gardenia Fruit【New Wt: 50g(2g x 25 Sachets)】

NPN 80095423

【Macroscopic Features】 Inverse oval, elliptical or long elliptical shape, 1.4~3.5cm long, 0.8~1.8cm diameter. Externally reddish-brown or reddish-yellow, slightly lustrous, with 6-8 wing-like longitudinal ridges, with one longitudinal vein between every 2 ridges, apex has dark yellowish-green remnants of persistent calyx, with 6-8 long lobes, lobes are 1~2.5cm long, 2~3mm wide, often crushed, fruit base shrunken and stem-like, end has round stem scar. Fruit skin is thin and brittle, inner surface is fresh yellow or reddish-yellow. Lustrous, with 2~3 bulging pseudoseptums. Fractured surface is fresh yellow, numerous seeds, flat oval or flat rectangular shape, clustered into spherical lumps, brownish-red, externally has thin and dense indented small spots; endosperm is horn-like; embryo is long, with 2 heart-like cotyledons. faint odor, slightly sour and bitter taste.

【Properties】 Bitter, cold.

【Channels (meridians) entered】heart, lung, triple warmer

【Functions】
Drains fire, eliminates vexation, clears heat, promotes urination, cools blood, resolves toxin. Apply to deficient restlessness due to pyreticosis, conjunctival congestion due to liver fire, headache, jaundice due to damp-heat, strangury, hematodiarrhoea, hematuria, mouth and tongue sore, swelling pain of sore and ulcer, swelling pains caused by sprains.

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