Zhi Zi
梔子 (栀子) zhī zǐ

Category:

Clear Heat

Clear Heat and Drain Fire

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

Alternate Names:

Name	Pin Yin	Chinese	Translated
Chao Shan Zhi	chǎo shān zhī	炒山梔
Shan Zhi Zi	shān zhī zǐ	山枝子

	Tastes: Bitter		Dosage: 6-9g

	Cautions: Contraindicated in those with Cold from Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach with reduced appetite and loose stools		Meridians: Lung , Heart , Liver , Stomach , San Jiao (Triple Burner)
	Preparation: • Unprepared • Kernels • Peels • Dry-fried • Charred		Quality: Good quality - reddish-yellow, full fruits with thin pericarpium
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (44) ān gōng niú huáng wán (Calm the Palace with Cattle Gallstone Pill ) bā zhèng sǎn (Eight Herb Powder for Rectification) chái hú qīng gān tāng (Bupleurum Decoction to Clear the Liver) chú shī weì líng tāng (Eliminate Dampness Decoction by Combining Calm the Stomach and Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) dāng guī lóng huì wán (Tangkuei, Gentiana Longdancao, and Aloe Pill) dì yú sǎn (Sanguisorba Powder) fáng fēng tōng shèng sǎn (Ledebouriella Powder that Sagely Unblocks) guā loú zhǐ shǐ tāng (Trichosanthes Fruit and Immature Bitter Orange Decoction) huáng lián jiě dú tāng (Coptis Decoction to Relieve Toxicity) jiā wèi wǔ lín sǎn (Augmented Five-Ingredient Powder for Painful Urinary Dysfunction) jiā wèi xiāo yáo sǎn jú hé wán (Tangerine Seed Pill ) ké xuè fāng (Coughing of Blood Formula) lián pò yǐn (Coptis and Magnolia Bark Decoction) lóng dǎn xiè gān tāng (Gentiana Long Gan Cao Decoction to Drain the Liver) nèi shū huáng lián tāng (Internal Dispersing Decoction with Coptis) níng xuè tāng (Quiet the Blood Decoction) niú huáng qīng xīn wán (Cattle Gallstone Pill to Clear the Heart) niú huáng shàng qīng wán (Cattle Gallstone Pill to Ascend and Clear) qīng dǎn xiè huǒ tāng (Clear the Gallbladder and Drain Fire Decoction) qīng rè zhǐ bēng tāng (Clear Heat and Stop Excessive Uterine Bleeding Dec) qīng wēn bài dù yǐn (Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxin Decoction) qīng xīn liáng gé sǎn (Clear the Heart and Cool the Diaphragm Powder) qū fēng zhì bǎo dān (Greatest Treasure Special Pill to Dispel Wind) sān huáng shí gāo tāng (Three-Yellows and Gypsum Decoction) sāng xìng tāng (Mulberry Leaf and Apricot Kernel Decoction) shí gaō tāng (Gypsum Decoction) shí huī sǎn (Ten Partially-Charred Substances Powder ) tiān má gōu téng yǐn (Gastrodia and Uncaria Decoction) wēn qīng yǐn (Warming and Clearing Decoction) wǔ lín sǎn (Five-Ingredient Powder for Painful Urinary Dysfunction) xiǎo jì yǐn zǐ (Cephalanoplos Decoction) xiè huáng sǎn (Drain the Yellow Powder) xiè qīng wán (Drain the Green Pill ) xuān bì tāng (Disband Painful Obstruction Decoction) yīn chén hāo tāng ( Artemisia Yinchenhao Decoction) yùe jū wán (Escape Restraint Pill) zhǐ shí zhī zǐ chǐ tāng (Bitter Orange, Gardenia, and Prepared Soybean Decoction) zhī zǐ bái pí tāng (Gardenia and Phellodendron Decoction) zhī zǐ dà huáng tāng (Gardenia and Rhubarb Decoction) zhī zǐ dòu chǐ tāng (Gardenia and Prepared Soybean Decoction) zhī zǐ gān cǎo chǐ tāng (Gardenia, Licorice, and Prepared Soybean Decoction) zhī zǐ hòu pò tāng (Gardenia and Magnolia Bark Decoction) zhī zǐ shēng jiāng chǐ tāng (Gardenia, Fresh Ginger, and Prepared Soybean Decoction)

Family:

Rubiaceae

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Gardeniae Fructus

Botanical: Gardenia Jasminoides Ellis

Japanese: shishi

Korean: chija

Common: cape jasmine fruit, gardenia

Temperature: Cold

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Cools Blood and Stops bleeding. add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Reduces swelling and Moves blood stasis add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Drains damp heat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Stifling sensation in the chest add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Delirious speech add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Painful urinary dribbling due to damp heat in the lower burner add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Nosebleed add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Blood in the vomit add comment

Zhi Zi梔子 (栀子) zhī zǐ

Zhi Zi
梔子 (栀子) zhī zǐ