Gou Qi Zi
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Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: lycium fruit, matrimony vine fruit, barbary wolfberry
Pharmacuetical Name: Fructus Lycii
Properties: sweet, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: LU, KD, LV
Flavors: sweet
Tonifies: blood, yin
Special Properties:
essence, resolves dryness
Actions / Indications:
- Tonifies LV and KD (sore back and legs, dizziness,
premature gray hair, infertility, nocturnal emission; xiao ke, consumption
due to KD essence and yin deficiency, and Liver blood and yin deficiency)
- Benefits LV and KD; brightens eyes (Liver and Kidney
deficiency with eye problems: blurred vision, diminished visual acuity)
- Enriches Yin and Moistens LU (consumptive cough)
Special Notes:
- Gou Qi Zi and Ju Hua both brighten the eyes,
but Gou Qi Zi is more for deficiency eye problems and Ju Hua is more
for excess LYR eyes problems.
Contraindications:
- (cc: SP def with dampness, loose stools)
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