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title: "Zhi Shi"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/650/zhi-shi"
---

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# Zhi Shi

### Aurantii Fructus immaturus

_acrid, bitter, slightly cold_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Regulate Qi**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Epigastric pain
- Abdominal pain
- Focal distention
- Fullness in the chest
- Uterine prolapse
- Rectal prolapse
- Gastriectasis
- Gastroptosis
- Low blood pressure

Zhi Shi is bitter, acrid, and slightly cold. It enters the spleen,
stomach, and large intestine systems to move and regulate qi.

**Channels:** spleen, stomach, large intestine

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Low aldosterone production
- Fullness in the chest
- Liver phase II
- Dyspnea
- Constipation
- IBS
- Angina pain
- Diuresis

**Formulas:**
- Da Chai Hu Tang
- Da Cheng Qi Tang
- Dao Tan Tang
- Huang Lian Wen Dan Tang
- Huang Long Tang
- Ju He Wan
- Ma Zi Ren Wan
- Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan
- Si Ni San
- Si Wu Ma Zi Ren Wan
- Wen Dan Tang
- Xiao Cheng Qi Tang
- Zhi Shi Dao Zhi Wan
- Zhi Shi Gua Lou Gui Zhi Tang
- Zhi Shi Xiao Pi Wan
- Zhi Shi Xie Bai Gui Zhi Tang
- Zhi Zhu Wan
- Zhi Zi Hou Po Tang

**Contraindications:** prescribe Zhi Shi cautiously to patients
that present with poor digestive function or with patients that
are pregnant

**Zoo Image:** a beaver with a cork in its chest is chiseling qi into a tree that has
one prolapse branch and one blood pressure branch, a torso comes out of the
tree showing the navel, chest, and abdomen

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