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Fruit of Chinese Wolfberry; Barbary Wolfberry Fruit

Fruit of Chinese Wolfberry; Barbary Wolfberry Fruit. Class: Yin-Tonifying Medicinal. Properties: Sweet; Calm. Meridians: Liver; Kidney

๐ŸŒฟ Names
Pinyin Name
Gou Qi Zi
ไธญๆ–‡ๅ (Chinese)
ๆžธๆžๅญ
Latin Name
Lycii Fructus; Fructus Lycii
English Name
Fruit of Chinese Wolfberry; Barbary Wolfberry Fruit
Alias Names
่‹Ÿ่ตทๅญๆžธๆž็บขๅฎž็”œ่œๅญ่ฅฟๆžธๆž็‹—ๅฅถๅญ็บข้’ๆค’ๆžธ่น„ๅญๆžธๆžๆžœๅœฐ้ชจๅญๆžธ่Œ„่Œ„็บข่€ณๅ ่ก€ๆžธๅญๆžธๅœฐ่Šฝๅญๆžธๆž่ฑ†่ก€ๆžๅญๆดฅๆžธๆž
โ˜ฏ TCM Properties
Properties (ๆ€งๅ‘ณ)
Sweet; Calm
Meridians (ๅฝ’็ป)
Liver; Kidney
Part Used
Fruit
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Yin-Tonifying Medicinal
ๅŠŸๆ•ˆๅˆ†็ฑป (CN)
่กฅ้˜ด่ฏ
๐Ÿฉบ Clinical Profile
Function (ๅŠŸ่ƒฝ)
To benefit the liver and the kidney, to replenish vital essence and to improve eyesight.
Indication (ไธปๆฒป)
Lassitude in lumbus and knees, emission, dizziness and dim vision, lung disease with cough, diabetes mellitus.
Clinical Manifestations
It contains vitamins c, b1 and b2, carotene, nicotinic acid, (b)-sitosterol and betaine, and can relieve the liver damage induced by ccl4 in mice.
๐Ÿ”— External References
SymMap
143
TCMID
7307
TCMSP
143
TCM-ID
1186
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Clinical Trials
1
Meta-Analyses
0
PubMed References
๐Ÿ“‹ Sample Trials
None linked yet.
๐Ÿ“Š Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42023403863
Pregnancy risks of 30 pregnancy-related Chinese herbs: A systematic review and risk evaluation
๐Ÿ“š Sample References
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