Mountain spicy tree fruit (BI CHENG QIE)-Litsea cubeb-Fructus Litseae

Mountain spicy tree fruit (BI CHENG QIE)

Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers. (Fam. Lauraceae)

Pharmaceutical Name:

Fructus Litseae

Botanical Name:

Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers. (Fam. Lauraceae)

Common Name:

Mountain spicy tree fruit

Part Used:

Dried ripe fruit

Fructus Listeae is produced chiefly in the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Anhui. Collected in summer and autumn, the fruit is dried in sunlight and used unprepared.

Properties  Taste & Meridians:

Pungent in flavor, warm in property, acts on the Spleen, Stomach, Kidney, and Bladder channels.

Functions:

Warms the Spleen and Stomach, relieves pain.

Indications & Combinations:

1. For vomiting, hiccups, and abdominal pain and diarrhea due to Pathogenic Cold in the Stomach, it is used alone or with Flos Syzygii Aromatici (Ding Xiang) and Fructus Evodiae (Wu Zhu Yu).

2. For periumbilical colic due to invasion by Cold.

3. For turbid urine caused by Cold Dampness.

Dosage and administration:

2–5 g, decocted in water for an oral dose.

Precautions:

None noted.

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