Bai Zi Ren
Name: Biota Seed (柏子仁)
Pinyin: Bai Zi Ren
Pharm. Name: Semen Biotae
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Acrid, Sweet, Bitter |
Tonify heart and induce tranquilization, moisten intestines for relaxing bowels. |
Heart, Kidney, Large Intestine, Spleen, Liver |
3-18g |
Description:
This is a type of dry ripe kernel from the “Platycladus Orientalis”, originally from certain areas around China. It has actions of tonifying the heart and inducing tranquilization. So, it is commonly indicated for palpitation, fearful throbbing, restlessness due to deficiency, insomnia, dizziness, amnesia due to heart yin-blood deficiency, and heart-mind loss of nourishment. It also moistens intestines for relaxing bowels because of its moist and oily characteristics, so it is fit for intestinal dryness constipation due to the deficiency of yin-blood, fluid insufficiency of older people, or blood deficiency after parturition.