Ji Nei Jin
Name: Chicken Gizzards Internal Lining (雞內金)
Pinyin: Ji Nei Jin
Pharm. Name: Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Sweet, Astringent |
Promote digestion and invigorate spleen, arrest seminal emission and relieve enuresis. |
Bladder |
3-30g |
Description:
The membrane of the gizzard of Gallus domesticus Brisson. It is widely used for all kinds of food stagnation for its strong actions of promoting digestion, dissipating food stagnation and invigorating spleen-stomach. It can arrest seminal emission and relieve enuresis. It can be stir-baked singly and ground into powder for oral use, or combined with kidney-tonifying, semen-securing and enuresis-relieving herbs. For instance it is combined with Tu Si Zi and Sang Piao Xiao in Ji Pi Zhi San from Sheng Hui Fang.