Cherokee Rose Hips (Jinyingzi)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Fructus Rosae laevigatae |
| Botanical Name: | Rosa Laevigata Michx. |
| Common Name: | Rosa fruit Cherokee rose hips |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Shu Bencao |
| art 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 |
| Meridian: | 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. |