Broom Cypress Fruit (Difuzi)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Fructus Kochiae |
| Botanical Name: | Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad. |
| Common Name: | Kochia fruit Broom cypress fruit |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | When the fruit ripens in autumn, it is gathered and dried in the sun. |
| Properties and Taste: | Bitter and cold |
| Meridian: | Urinary bladder |
| Functions: | Heart, spleen and lung |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Damp-heat in the urinary bladder manifested as dysuria, painful urination, frequent urination and urgency of micturition. *Use with herbs that clear heat and promote urination, including Talc (Huashi), and Plantain seed (Cheqianzi). 2. Eczema and scabies. *Use with Phellodendron bark (Huangbai), Flavescent sophora root (Kushen) and Dittany bark (Baixianpi). |
| Dosage: | 10-15 g |