Szechwan Chinaberry Fruit

Szechwan Chinaberry Fruit
Name
Szechwan Chinaberry Fruit
Latin Pharmaceutical Name
Toosendan Fructus
Chinese Name
川楝子
Category
Fruits and seeds

Szechwan Chinaberry FruitMore Info

Production Regions
Primarily produced in Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Hubei, Guizhou, Yunnan.
Macroscopic Features
Fruit is sub-spherical, 2~3cm diameter. Externally golden yellow to brownish-yellow, slightly lustrous, with dark brown spots. Apex has remnants of stylus; base has indented scars of fruit stem. Outer fruit skin is leathery, with a gap between flesh, which is loose and pale yellow, sticky when water is applied. Kernel is spherical or oval, hard, with flattened ends, and 6~8 longitudinal ridges split into 6~8 locules; each locule has one long round and black-brown seed. Distinctive odor; sour and bitter taste.
Quality Requirements
Superior medicinal material is large piece with golden yellow skin and yellowish-white flesh, which are full and elastic in nature.
Properties
Bitter; cold; slightly toxic.
Functions
Soothes the liver, moves qi, relieves pain, expels worms. Apply to swelling pain of chest and abdomen, hernia pain, enterozoic abdominalgia.
Origin
The dried mature fruit of Melia toosendan Sieb. et Zucc.(Meliaceae).

Szechwan Chinaberry FruitHerbs in the formula

Liver-Sedating and Wind-Extinguishing Decoction

Liver-Sedating and Wind-Extinguishing Decoction

Action:Tranquilizes the liver and extinguishes wind, enriches yin and subdues yang.
Indication:Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang is indicated for the pattern of apoplectic stroke. The symptoms are dizziness, vertigo, distension of eyes, tinnitus, headache with a warm sensation in the head, flushed face, and irritability; there may also be frequent belching, progressive difficulty in moving the extremities, and deviation of the mouth and eyes. In severe cases there is dizziness and falling down, unconsciousness, mental confusion with moments of clarity, and an inability to fully recover after loss of consciousness, and a wiry, long, and forceful pulse.
Tian Tai Combined Spicebush Root Powder

Tian Tai Combined Spicebush Root Powder

Action:Moves qi, soothes the liver, disperses cold, and relieves pain.
Indication:Tian Tai Wu Yao San is indicated for small intestinal shan qi due to cold congealing and stagnant qi in the liver channel. The symptoms are lesser abdomen pain dragging to testicle (s), a feeling that the testicles are distended and dropped unevenly, or lesser abdomen pain. The tongue is pale with a white coating and the pulse is deep and slow or wiry. This formula is also used for painful menstruation and abdomen mass due to cold congealing and qi stagnation.
Effective Integration Decoction

Effective Integration Decoction

Action:Enriches yin and soothes the liver.
Indication:Yi Guan Jian is appropriate for patterns of liver-kidney yin deficiency with liver qi constraint characterized by pain in the chest, abdomen, and hypochondriac regions, acid regurgitation, bitter taste, dry mouth and throat, a dry, red tongue, and a thready, weak or weak, wiry pulse. This formula is also applied for shan qi (hernia).
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