Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Fructus Evodiae |
| Botanical Name: | Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth. |
| Common Name: | Evodia fruit |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The fruit is gathered in August or November and dried in the sun. It is then soaked in the decoction of Licorice root (Gancao). |
| Properties and Taste: | Pungent, bitter, hot and slightly toxic |
| Meridian: | Liver, spleen and stomach |
| Functions: | To dispel cold and stop pain To pacify the liver and direct rebellious qi downward To stop vomiting |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Cold attacking the spleen and stomach manifested as epigastric and abdominal cold pain. *Use with Dried ginger (Ganjiang) and Coptis root (Muxiang). 2. Cold stagnation in the liver meridians manifested as hernia. *Use with Fennel fruit (Xiaohuixiang) and Lindera root (Wuyao). 3. Weakness of spleen and stomach, and liver qi rising upward manifested as headache and vomiting. *Use with Ginseng (Renshen) and Fresh rehmannia (Shengjiang) in the formula Wuzhuyu Tang. 4. Deficiency and cold of the spleen and kidneys manifested as chronic diarrhea. *Use with Schisandra fruit (Wuweizi) and Nutmeg (Roudoukou) in the formula Sishen Wan. 5. Beriberi. *Use with Chaenomeles fruit (Mugua) for external application. 6. Vomiting and acid regurgitation: a) Cold in the stomach . *Use with Fresh ginger (Shengjiang) and Pinellia tuber (Banxia). b) Fire transformed from prolonged liver qi stagnation. *Use with Coptis root (Huanglian) in the formula Zuojin Wan. |
| Dosage: | 1.5-5 g |