Pharmaceutical Name:

Fructus Rosae laevigatae

Botanical Name:

Rosa Laevigata Michx.

Common Name:

Rosa fruit
Cherokee rose hips

Source of Earliest Record:

Shu Bencao

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:

The ripe fruit is gathered from September to October. After the fruit pits have been removed, the fruit is cleaned and dried in the sun.

Properties and Taste:

Sour, astringent and neutral

Meridians:

Kidney, urinary bladder and large intestine

Functions:

To control the essence
To astringe the intestines and stop diarrhea
To decrease urination

Indications and Combinations:

1.     Deficiency of the kidneys manifested as seminal emission, nocturnal enuresis or leukorrhagia.
*Use with Euryale seed (Qianshi) and Dadder seed (Tusizi).

2.     Chronic diarrhea due to deficiency of the spleen.
*Use with Pilose asiabell root (Dangshen), White atractylodes (Baizhu) and Dioscorea (Shanyao).

Dosage:

6-18 g

Cautions:

This herb is contraindicated in cases with excessive fire or excessive pathogenic factors.