Wu wei zi - Chinese Magnoliavine Fruit【Net Wt: 100g】
Wu wei zi - Chinese Magnoliavine Fruit【Net Wt: 100g】
NPN 80091739
【Macroscopic Features】
Slightly spherical or flat spherical shape, 5~8mm diameter. Externally fresh red, purplish-red or dark red. Oily, with uneven wrinkles. Flesh is soft, numerous pieces often stick together; inside has 1~2 seeds, kidney-shaped, brownish-yellow, lustrous, hard, kernel is white. Flesh has faintly distinctive odor, sour taste. Seed has aroma after being broken, acrid and bitter taste.
【Properties】Sour, sweet, warm
【Channels (meridians) entered】lung, heart, and kidney
【Functions】
Astringes and secures, boosts qi, engenders fluid, supplements kidney, calms heart. Apply to lingering cough and dyspnea due to deficiency, nocturnal emissions and spermatorrhoea, anischuria and urinary frequency, lingering diarrhea, spontaneous perspiration, night sweat, hydrodipsia due to depletion of body fluids, shortness of breath and feeble pulse, feverish dysphoria and diabetes, palpitation and insomnia.