Man Jing Zi
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Name: Vitex Fruit (蔓荊子)
Pinyin: Man Jing Zi
Pharm. Name: Fructus Viticis
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Acrid, Bitter |
Disperse wind-heat, relieve pain. |
Bladder, Liver, Stomach |
6-12g 30g (Maximum) |
Description:
The Mature fruit of shrubby plant Vitex trifolia. It has to ability to disperse wind-heat, but not good at releasing exterior and good at dispelling wind to relieve pain, clearing the head, it is often decocted for wind-heat exterior syndrome with dizziness, headache, and blood-shot eyes with lacrimation. It also relieves pain from recurrent headaches, arthralgia, toothache, and epigastric pain. And it is often used with wind-dispelling and pain-relieving herbs for a strengthened action of eliminating pain.