Category
Clear Heat
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Gardeniae Fructus
English Name
Dosage
6-9g
Entering Channels
HT
Flavor
bitter
Temperature
cold
Pregnancy
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
Individual Essential Oils
Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Contraindicated in those with cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach with reduced appetite and loose stools.
Actions & Indications:
- Drains heat and eliminates irritability: for heat patterns with fever, irritability, restlessness, stifling sensation in the chest, insomnia, or delirious speech.
- Clears heat and resolves dampness: for painful urinary dribbling due to damp heat in the lower burner; damp heat and constrained Liver and Gallbladder (middle burner) with jaundice; and damp heat in the Gallbladder and Triple Burner channels of the face, affecting the nose and eyes, or causing sores in the mouth or face region.
- Cools the blood and resolves toxicity: for heat in the blood with such symptoms as nosebleed, or blood in the vomit, stool or urine. For this purpose, the herb is partially charred.
- Reduces swelling and moves blood stasis due to trauma: for this purpose, apply topically as a powder mixed with egg white or vinegar.
