Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

jí xìng zǐ / 急性子 / 急性子 / garden balsam seed;

Latin pharmacognostic name: Impatientis Semen

Alternate English names: balsam seed

Alternate Chinese names: 凤仙子 fèng xiān zǐ; 金凤花子 jīn fèng huā zǐ

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Blood-Quickening Stasis-dispelling agents / Blood-quickening menses-regulating agents

Properties: Acrid and slightly bitter; warm; slightly toxic.

Channel entry: kidney and spleen channels.*

Indications:

Breaks the blood, disperses accumulation, and softens hardness.

amenorrhea; difficult delivery; retention of the placenta; glomus lumps; dysphagia-occlusion (yē gé); toxin swelling of sores; bones stuck in the throat.

Dosage & Method:

Oral: Decoct (3–10g) or use in pills and powders (1.5–3g). Topical: Apply ground.

Warning:

Contraindicated in absence of accumulations and in pregnancy.

Quality:

Plump seeds are the best.

Product Area:

Tibet, Yúnnán.