WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

This medicial is. the dried ripe fruit of the machaka Lycium bararum L.(Fam. Solanaceae) and those produced in Ningxia are of the best quality. The fruit is colleted in the summer and autumn when the fruit appears salmon pink. Then it is dried in the shade, until the peel gtets wrinkled. Then , iti s dried by natural sunlight until the peels get hard and dry with the pulp being still soft . It is utilized in its unprepared form.

[ Medicinal properties ]: Sweet, neutral; relate to liver and kidney meridians.

[ Medicnial Efficacies ]: Nourish liver and kidney, replenish essence and improve vision.

[ Clinical Applicatios ]: Syndrome of liver -kidney yin deficiency.

It is indicated for dizziness,aching and limpess in the loins and knees, spermatorrhea, deafness, loosened teeth, early graying of hair, insomnia and dream-diturbed sleep, due to isufficiency of essence and blood, tidal fever, night sweating and Xiaoke (diabetes), due to yin deficiency of liver and kidney. To treat xerotic eyes, cataract and blurry vision, it is prescribed with Shudihuang, Shanzhuyu, Shanyao and Juhua, such as in the Qiju DIhuang Pills.

[ Usage and Dosage ]: 6-12g.

枸杞子为茄科植物宁夏枸杞Lycium barbarum L.的成熟果实。主产于宁夏、甘肃、新疆等地。夏秋二秋果实呈橙红色时采收，晾至皮皱后，再晒至外皮干硬，果肉柔软，生用。