Hemp Fruit

Hemp Fruit
Name
Hemp Fruit
Latin Pharmaceutical Name
Cannabis Fructus
Chinese Name
火麻仁
Category
Fruits and seeds

Hemp FruitMore Info

Production Regions
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang.
Macroscopic Features
Oval-round shape, 4~5.5mm long, 2.5~4mm diameter. Externally grayish-green or grayish-yellow, with slightly thin white or brown net-like lines, ridges on the two edges, apex is slightly pointed; base has one round stem scar. Fruit skin is thin and brittle, easily broken. Seed coat is green, with 2 cotyledons, milky-white, oily. faint odor, mild taste.
Quality Requirements
Superior medicinal material has large, full kernel.
Properties
Sweet; neutral.
Functions
Moistens the intestine, frees stools. Apply to body fluid deficiency due to hematopenia, constipation induced by dryness of the intestine.
Origin
The dried mature fruit of Cannabis sativa L.(Moraceae)

Hemp FruitHerbs in the formula

Cannabis Fruit Pill (Spleen Confinement Pill)

Cannabis Fruit Pill (Spleen Confinement Pill)

Action:Moistens the intestines, drains heat, and moves qi to promote defecation.
Indication:Ma Zi Ren Wan is indicated for spleen confinement constipation due to dryness-heat in the stomach and intestines. The symptoms are dry stool, frequent urination, a red tongue body, a dry slightly yellow tongue coating, and a rapid pulse.
Eliminate Dryness and Rescue the Lung Decoction

Eliminate Dryness and Rescue the Lung Decoction

Action:Relieves dryness and moistens the lung, nourishes yin and boosts qi.
Indication:Qing zao jiu fei tang is indicated for the pattern of warm-dryness damaging the lung, complicated by damage to both qi and yin. The symptoms are fever, headache, coughing with no sputum, labored breathing, dryness of the nose and throat, vexation, thirst, chest fullness and hypochondriac pain. The tongue body is dry with scanty tongue coating, and the pulse is deficient, big, and rapid.
Wind-Dispersing Powder

Wind-Dispersing Powder

Action:Scatters wind and eliminates dampness, clears heat and nourishes the blood.
Indication:Xiao Feng San is indicated for rubella and eczema. The symptoms are itching skin, red rashes that affect a large part of the body, fluids that leak upon scratching, a white or yellow tongue coating, and a superficial, rapid pulse.
Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction

Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction

Action:Boosts qi, enriches yin, unblocks yang, and restores the pulse.
Indication:1. Zhi Gan Cao Tang is indicated for patterns of yin-blood and yang-qi deficiency with malnutrition of the heart vessel. The symptoms are intermittent or knotted pulse, palpitations, weakness, emaciation, weak breathing, etc. The tongue is peeled with a scanty or dry and thin coating.
Major Wind-Stabilizing Pill

Major Wind-Stabilizing Pill

Action:Enriches yin and extinguishes wind.
Indication:Da Ding Feng Zhu is indicated for a pattern of stirring of wind due to yin deficiency. The symptoms are clonic convulsions of the extremities, weak physique, lassitude of the spirit, a deep red tongue body with a scanty tongue coating, and a weak pulse; patients have a strong tendency of desertion.
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