Zhi Zi Capsules

SKU	BEG459C
Brand	BioEssence Chinese Herbal Capsules
Unit Size	100 capsules
Potency	5:1 extract granules encapsulated
Taste	Bitter - Bensky
Properties	Cold - Bensky
Contraindications	Contraindicated in those with cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach with reduced appetite and loose stools. - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology	Heat patterns with fever, irrability, restlessness, stifling sensation in the chest, insomnia, delirious speech; painful urinary dribbling due to damp-heat in the lower burner; jaundice; sores in the mouth or facial region, nosebleed, bloody vomit, blood in the stool or urine - Bensky
Actions	Resolves constrained heat, directs damp-heat downward and out through the urine, cools the blood, breaks up toxic accumulation - Bensky
Pattern	Heat, damp-heat, constrained Liver and Gallbladder - Bensky
Channels Entered	Heart, Lung, Stomach, Liver, Triple Burner - Bensky
Chinese name	Zhi Zi Capsules
English name	Gardenia Fruit; Cape Jasmine Fruit; Gardeniae Fructus

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Description

	Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed. Drains heat and eliminates irritability: for heat patterns with fever, irritability, restlessness, stifling sensation in the chest, insomnia, or delirious speech.* Clears heat and resolves dampness: for painful urinary dribbling due to damp-heat in the lower burner; damp-heat and constrained Liver and Gallbladder (middle burner) with jaundice; and damp-heat in the Gallbladder and Triple Burner channels of the face, affecting the nose and eyes, or causing sores in the mouth or facial region.* Cools the blood and resolves toxicity: for heat in the blood with such symptoms as nosebleed, or blood in the vomit, stool, or urine. For this purpose the herb is partially charred.* Reduces swelling and moves blood stasis due to trauma: for this purpose, apply topically as a powder mixed with egg white or vinegar.*