Zhi Zi Zhi Zi Zhi Zi Cape Jasmine Fruit, Gardenia tcm herb traditional chinese medicine zhi zi tcm herbal database

Zhi Zi - Cape Jasmine Fruit, Gardenia

Zhi Zi (Cape Jasmine Fruit, Gardenia)

Clinical Applications

  • Clears heat (Heart and Liver), eliminates irritability - heat patterns with fever, restlessness, insomnia, delirium, stifling sensation in the chest.
  • Drains damp heat - lin (urinary dysfunction) syndrome due to damp-heat in the lower warmer, damp-heat and constrained liver and gallbladder causing jaundice, damp-heat in the gall bladder and triple heater channels of the face - eyes, nose, sores in the mouth and face.
  • Cools the blood, stops bleeding - nosebleed, blood in vomit, stool, urine; (needs to partially charred).
  • Topically for blood stasis due to trauma, reduces swelling.

Functional Category

Herbs That Drain Fire

Temperature & Taste

Bitter (Ku) Cold (Han)

Dosage & Preparation

  • Dosage: 3-12g

Clinician Notes

Cautions & Precautions

  • Avoid in patients with loose stools and/or loss of appetite due to cold from deficiency.
Relationships
TCM Formulas that include Zhi Zi (17)