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title: "Zhi Zi"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/652/zhi-zi"
---

 ![zhi zi, gardeniae fructu.jpg](/u/zhi-zi-gardeniae-fructu-hlBQHm.jpg) 

# Zhi Zi

### Gardeniae Fructus

_bitter, cold_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Clear Heat and Drain Fire**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Insomnia
- Delirium
- Speech distortion
- Restlessness
- Stifling sensation in chest
- Irritability
- Fever
- Painful urinary dribbling
- Jaundice
- Nose sores
- Eye sores
- Mouth sores
- Sores on the face
- Nosebleed
- Vomiting blood
- Blood in stool
- Blood in urine
- Trauma

Zhi Zi is bitter and cold. It enters the heart, liver, lung, san jiao,
and stomach systems. Zhi Zi is known for entering all three jiaos
to treat heat patterns.

**Channels:** heart, lung, liver, stomach, san jiao

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Diarrhea
- Hemorrhoids
- Angina pain
- Red eyes
- Fever
- Jaundice
- Mania
- Skin disorders
- Eczema
- Fever
- Antiparasitic
- Biliary congestion

**Formulas:**
- An Gong Niu Huang Wan
- Ba Zheng San
- Chai Hu Qing Gan Tang
- Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San
- Dang Gui Long Hui Wan
- Fang Feng Tong Sheng San
- Huang Lian Jie Du Tang
- Jia Wei Xiao Yao San
- Lian Po Yin
- Liang Ge San
- Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
- Qing Fei Tang
- Qing Wen Bai Du Yin
- Sang Xing Tang
- Shi Hui San
- Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
- Xiao Ji Yin Zi
- Xie Huang San
- Xin Yi Qing Fei Yin
- Yin Chen Hao Tang
- Yue Ju Wan
- Zhi Zi Bai Pi Tang
- Zhi Zi Chi Tang
- Zhi Zi Dou Chi Tang
- Zhi Zi Gan Cao Chi Tang
- Zhi Zi Hou Po Tang
- Zhi Zi Sheng Jiang Chi Tang

**Contraindications:** do not prescribe Zhi Zi to patients that
present with poor digestive function

**Zoo Image:** an irritable walrus with steam coming out of his head is in a triple
burger with a bite out of it, there is a toxic ketchup bottle on ice

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