Jue Ming Zi (chao) 40 packets 2 grams

Jue Ming Zi (chao) Granules, 2gm sachet

Brand: TCM Zone 5:1 Singles

English name: Cassia Seed (processed) Granules

Chinese name: Jue Ming Zi (chao) Granules

Unit Size: box of 40/2 gm packets

Potency: 5:1 extract granules

Taste: Bitter, Sweet, Salty - Bensky

Properties: slightly cold - Bensky

Contraindications: Because this is a cold herb that has laxative properties, it should not be used in patients with diarrhea from Spleen deficiency or with low blood pressure. - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: Red, swollen, and painful eyes from heat or wind-heat in the Liver channel; Headaches and dizziness from ascendant Liver yang; Dry or infrequent stools or chronic constipation, especially when there is an aspect of Livery yin deficiency - Bensky

Actions: Disperses wind-fire to cool the eyes, moistens the Intestines, nourishes the Liver and Kidney yin - Bensky

Pattern: Wind-heat in the Liver channel; Ascendant Liver yang; Liver yin deficiency - Bensky

Channels Entered: Liver, Large Intestine, Kidney - Bensky

Ingredients: Ju Ming Zi (Chao) Granules - Cassiae Semen Praeparata

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Clears the Liver and the eyes: for red, swollen, and painful eyes from heat or wind-heat in the Liver channel. Also for eye problems such as photosensitivity, night blindness, and insidious loss of vision without visible physical changes to the eye.
• Calms the Liver and anchors the errant yang: for headaches and dizziness from ascendant Liver yang. Recently this function has been expanded to include hypertension.
• Moistens the Intestines and unblocks the bowels: for dry or infrequent stools or chronic constipation, especially when there is an aspect of Liver yin deficiency.
• Recently used to prevent atherosclerosis as it lowers both blood pressure and serum cholesterol.

"The herb is dry-fried until slightly fragrant. This reduces its ability to cool the Liver and expel wind, but enhances its capacity to tonify the Liver and Kidney, which makes it a valuable herb for eye problems. - Bensky

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