Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

zǐ zhū / 紫珠 / 紫珠 / beauty-berry leaf;

Latin pharmacognostic name: Callicarpae Formosanae Folium

Alternate English names: callicarpa [leaf]

Alternate Chinese names: 紫珠草 zǐ zhū cǎo; 紫珠叶 zǐ zhū yè

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Blood-stanching agents / Astringent blood-stanching agents

Properties: Bitter; balanced; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: liver, lung, and stomach channels.

Indications:

• Stanches bleeding with astringency: vomiting of blood (blood ejection); expectoration of blood; nosebleed (nǜ xuè); bloody stool; flooding and spotting; bleeding from external injury.
• Resolves toxin in the treatment of sores: toxin swelling of welling- and flat-abscesses (yōng jū); throat impediment.

  Dosage & Method:

  Oral: Decoct (10–15g dried; 30–60g fresh); grind to a powder (1.5–3g). Topical: Apply crushed or grind to a powder and sprinkle on the affected area.

  Product Area:

  Southern China.