Individual Herbs Notebook

/ Li Zi / Jia Ying zi

Pharmaceutical: Fructus Pruni salicinae
Taxonomy: Prunus Salicina

Other names: Japanese Plum Fruit

Category: Herbs that Tonify Yin



Properties: Sweet, sour, neutral

Meridans Entered:
Primary: Liver, Spleen and Kidney


Traditional Actions/Indications:
  1. Promotes digestion, clears Heat, promotes the secretion of saliva
    Indigestion
    Diabetes (消渴 Xiao Ke), consumptive disease
    Hectic fever due to Yin-deficiency

Suggested Daily Dosage: 10-15g in decoction.


Cautions: Do not take too much.


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