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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

๐ŸŒฟ Names
Pinyin Name
Zhi Zi
ไธญๆ–‡ๅ (Chinese)
ๆ €ๅญ
Latin Name
Gardeniae Fructus; Fructus Gardeniae
English Name
Cape Jasmine Fruit; Fruit of Cape Jasmine
Alias Names
ๆœจไธน้ฒœๆ”ฏๅฎๅญๆ”ฏๅญ่ถŠๆกƒๅฑฑๆ €ๅญๆžๅญๅฐๅฎๅญ้ป„้ธกๅญ้ป„่‘ๅญ้ป„ๆ €ๅญ้ป„ๆ €ๅฑฑ้ป„ๆ €ๅฑฑๆ €
โ˜ฏ TCM Properties
Properties (ๆ€งๅ‘ณ)
Bitter; Cold
Meridians (ๅฝ’็ป)
Heart; Lung; Triple Energizers
Part Used
Ripe fruit
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Fire Purging Drugs
ๅŠŸๆ•ˆๅˆ†็ฑป (CN)
ๆธ…็ƒญๆณป็ซ่ฏ
๐Ÿฉบ Clinical Profile
Function (ๅŠŸ่ƒฝ)
1. to clear heat and reduce fire; 2. to cool blood and release toxins; 3. to eliminate dampness
Indication (ไธปๆฒป)
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
๐Ÿ”— External References
SymMap
483
TCMID
2221
TCMSP
483
TCM-ID
2641
0
Clinical Trials
0
Meta-Analyses
1
PubMed References
๐Ÿ“‹ Sample Trials
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๐Ÿ“Š Sample Meta-Analyses
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๐Ÿ“š Sample References
PMID 34829709
Gardeniae Fructus Attenuates Thioacetamide-Induced Liver Fibrosis in Mice via Both AMPK/SIRT1/NF-ฮบB Pathway and Nrf2 Signaling
Antioxidants (Basel) ยท 2021