Chinese name:

Source:

Ligustri lucidi fructus - fruit

Nature:

• cooling (balanced, warm, non-toxic, yang within yin, descending)

Taste:

• sweet, bitter (dense)

Tropism:

• liver and kidneys (lungs, blood layer)

Direction of action:

• descending

Effects:

• tonifies liver and kidney Yin (Jiu)

• improves vision (Sheng)

Dosage:

• 3 – 15 g, standardly 6 g

Contraindications:

• do not administer in case of diarrhoea due to spleen and stomach deficiency and in case of yang deficiency