Zhi Shi
枳實 zhǐ shí, "rainintree fruit"

Category:

Regulate Qi (Carminatives)

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Pinyin Pronunciation:

Alternate Names:

Name	Pin Yin	Chinese	Translated
Aurantii Fructus immaturus

	Tastes: Acrid , Bitter		Dosage: 3-9g

	Cautions: Caution during pregnancy, Weak Qi or Stomach Xu Cold avoid use during Pregnancy		Meridians: Spleen , Stomach , Large Intestine
	Preparation: No preparation data at this time		Quality: Consists of small fruit with a greenish black, surface, hard and solid texture, whit pericarp, small pulp, fresh aromatic fragrance, and a bitter, slightly sour taste.
	Reference Source: "Extension of the Materia Medica" by Zhang Zhong-Jing, c1,100's Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (28) dà chái hú tāng (Major Bupleurum Decoction) dà chéng qì tāng (Major Order the Qi Decoction) dān huáng sì nì sǎn (Moutan and Phellodendron Powder for Frigid Extemities) dǎo tán tāng (Guide Out Phlegm Decoction) dí tán tāng (Scour Phlegm Decoction) fēn xiāo tāng (Separate and Reduce Decoction) Fù Fāng Dà Chéng Qì Tāng (Revised Major Order the Qi Decoction) guā loú zhǐ shǐ tāng (Trichosanthes Fruit and Immature Bitter Orange Decoction) hòu pò qī wù tāng (Seven- Substance Decoction with Magnolia Bark) hòu pò sān wù tāng (Three Substance Decoction with Magnolia Bark) huáng lián wēn dǎn tāng (Coptis Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) huáng lóng tāng (Yellow Dragon Decoction) shí wèi wēn dǎn tāng (Ten-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) shí yī weì wēn dǎn tāng (Eleven-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) sì nì sǎn (Frigid Extremities Power) wēn dǎn tāng (Warm the Gallbladder Decoction) wǔ mò yǐn zǐ (Five Milled-Herb Decoction) xiǎo chéng qì tāng (Minor Order the Qi Decoction) zhǐ shí dǎo zhì wán (Immature Bitter Orange Pill to Guide out Stagnation) zhǐ shí gūa lǒu gùi zhī tāng (Immature Bitter Orange, Trichosanthes Fruit, and Cinnamon Twig Decoction) zhǐ shí xiāo pǐ wán (Immature Bitter Orange Pill to Reduce Focal Distention) Zhǐ Shí Xié Bái Gù Zhī Tāng (Immature Bitter Orange; Chinese Chive; and Cinnamo) zhǐ shí zhī zǐ chǐ tāng (Bitter Orange, Gardenia, and Prepared Soybean Decoction) zhǐ zhú tāng (Immature Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Macrocephala Decoction) zhǐ zhú wán (Immature Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Macrocephala Pill) zhī zǐ dà huáng tāng (Gardenia and Rhubarb Decoction) zhī zǐ hòu pò tāng (Gardenia and Magnolia Bark Decoction) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo wán (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Pill)

Family:

Rutaceae

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Aurantii Fructus immaturus

Botanical: Citrus Aurantium L., Citrus Sinensis Osbeck

Japanese: kijitsu

Korean: jisil

Common: unripe bitter orange, chih-shih

Temperature: Slightly Cold

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Breaks Stagnant Qi add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Reduces Accumulation and Descends Qi. add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Descends Qi and Unblocks the bowels. add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Transforms Phlegm add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Expels focal distention add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Raises blood pressure and Helps raise Sunken Qi. add comment

	+1 Laura Drago Used with Qi-Tonifying herbs for gastriectasis add comment

	+1 Laura Drago Epigastric or abdominal pain and distention add comment

	+1 Laura Drago Indigestion with focal distention or gas add comment

	+1 Laura Drago Turbid Phlegm obstructing and plugging the qi dynamic add comment

Zhi Shi枳實 zhǐ shí, "rainintree fruit"

Zhi Shi
枳實 zhǐ shí, "rainintree fruit"