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Alternate English names: Cape jasmine [fruit]

Alternate Chinese names: 山栀子 shān zhī zǐ; 栀子仁 zhī zǐ rén; 支子 zhī zǐ; 枝子 zhī zǐ; 小栀子 xiǎo zhī zǐ; 黄栀子 huáng zhī zǐ; 山栀 shān zhī; 栀子 zhī zǐ; 山栀仁 shān zhī rén

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis*

Use: Medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing fire-draining agents

Properties: Bitter; cold.

Channel entry: Heart, lung, stomach, and triple burner channels.

Actions and indications:

• Drains fire and eliminates vexation: Febrile disease with vexation and oppression, and agitation.
• Clears heat and disinhibits dampness: Damp-heat jaundice.
• Cools the blood and resolves toxin: Vomiting of blood and nosebleed due to frenetic movement of hot blood.
• Disperses swelling and relieves pain: Toxin swelling of sores and welling-abscesses, injury from knocks and falls.

Dosage and method: Oral: 6–12g in decoctions; use in pills and powders. Topical: Grind to a powder and apply mixed.

Warnings: Contraindicated in spleen vacuity with sloppy stool and reduced eating.

Quality: Small, unbroken, plump fruits that are red on the inside and outside are best.

Production area: Produced mainly in Húnán, Jiāngxī, and Zhèjiāng, but also in Sìchuān, Húběi, Yúnnán, Guìzhōu, Jiāngsū, ānhuī, Guǎngdōng, Guǎngxī.

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