Glossy Privet Fruit (Nuzhenzi)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Fructus Ligustri lucidi |
| Botanical Name: | Ligustrum lucidum Ait. |
| Common Name: | Ligustrum seed Glossy privet fruit |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The ripe fruit is gathered in autumn, then steamed and dried in the sun. |
| Properties and Taste: | Sweet, bitter and cool |
| Meridian: | Liver and kidney |
| Functions: | To tonify the liver and kidneys To clear heat and brighten the eyes |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Deficient yin of the liver and kidneys manifested as early graying of hair, decreased eyesight, dryness of eyes, tinnitus and soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees. *Use with Mulberry (Sangshen), Eclipta (Mohanlian) and Wolfberry fruit (Gouqizi). 2. Deficient yin and heat. *Use with Wolfberry bark (Digupi), Moutan bark (Mudanpi) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang). |
| Dosage: | 10-15 g |
| Cautions: | This herb is contraindicated in cases with diarrhea due to cold and deficiency of the spleen and stomach, or yang deficiency. |