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Cape Jasmine Fruit; Fruit of Cape Jasmine

Cape Jasmine Fruit; Fruit of Cape Jasmine. Class: Fire Purging Drugs. Properties: Bitter; Cold. Meridians: Heart; Lung; Triple Energizers

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Zhi Zi
中文名 (Chinese)
栀子
Latin Name
Gardeniae Fructus; Fructus Gardeniae
English Name
Cape Jasmine Fruit; Fruit of Cape Jasmine
Alias Names
木丹鲜支卮子支子越桃山栀子枝子小卮子黄鸡子黄荑子黄栀子黄栀山黄栀山栀
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Cold
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Lung; Triple Energizers
Part Used
Ripe fruit
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Fire Purging Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
清热泻火药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
1. to clear heat and reduce fire; 2. to cool blood and release toxins; 3. to eliminate dampness
Indication (主治)
Acute icterohepatitis, febrile diseases, vexation, melancholia, restlessness, stagnation of damp-heat in liver and gall, fever, jaundice, short voidings of reddish urine, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, dysentery with hematochezia and hematuria.
Clinical Manifestations
1. the active components such as crocin, crocetin, genipin, or alcoholic extract protect the liver from carbon tetrachloride and increasing biliary secretion. oral use of its decoction induce gallbladder contraction.2. oral or intraperitoneal use of its d
🔗 External References
SymMap
483
TCMID
2221
TCMSP
483
TCM-ID
2641
0
Clinical Trials
0
Meta-Analyses
1
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
None linked yet.
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
None linked yet.
📚 Sample References
PMID 34829709
Gardeniae Fructus Attenuates Thioacetamide-Induced Liver Fibrosis in Mice via Both AMPK/SIRT1/NF-κB Pathway and Nrf2 Signaling
Antioxidants (Basel) · 2021