This product is the mature fruit of the deciduous shrub Chaenomeles speciosa (Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai) and Floweringquince Fruit (C. sinensis (Thouin) Koehne) of the Rosaceae family. The former is commonly known as "Wrinkled Floweringquince Fruit," while the latter is known as "Smooth Floweringquince Fruit." It is mainly produced in Anhui, Sichuan, Hubei, and other regions. The product from Xuancheng, Anhui, is called "Xuan Floweringquince Fruit" and is of better quality. The fruits are harvested in summer and autumn when they turn green-yellow. Wrinkled Floweringquince Fruit is scalded in water until the outer skin turns gray-white, then cut in half longitudinally and dried; Smooth Floweringquince Fruit is cut into two or four pieces longitudinally, scalded in boiling water, and then dried. It is sliced and used raw.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sour, warm. Act on liver and spleen meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Relaxing sinew and activating collaterals, dispelling dampness and harmonizing the stomach.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for wind-dampness impediment pain, sinew and vessel spasm, and foot qi swelling and pain. This product has a good effect of relaxing sinew and activating collaterals, and can remove dampness and relieve impediment, making it an essential medicine for long-term wind obstinate impediment and sinew and vessel spasm. For treating sinew spasm and neck stiffness, making it difficult to turn, combine Floweringqince Fruit with frankincense, myrrh, and Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, such as in Floweringqince Fruit Decoction. For treating foot qi swelling and pain and restless heart, it is often combined with Evodia Fruit, Areca Seed, and other medicinal combinations, such as Cock Crow Powder.
2. Used for vomiting and diarrhea with spasm. This product can remove dampness and harmonize the middle, relaxing sinew and activating collaterals to relieve spasm and stop vomiting and diarrhea. If dampness turbidity obstructs the middle, causing abnormal ascending and descending leading to vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain with spasm, it is often used with Evodia Fruit, Pinellia, Coptis Rhizome, and others, such as in Sanyin Fang Floweringqince Fruit Decoction and Huoluan Lun Silkworm Excrement Decoction. Additionally, this product can also aid digestion and is used for indigestion.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Bielu: "The Lord fixed arthralgia pathogenic qi, cholera with severe vomiting and diarrhea, spasms that do not cease."
2. Bencao Zheng: "Floweringqince Fruit, those who use it use its astringent properties, sourness can move through the tendons, astringency can stabilize prolapse, it obtains the true flavor of wood, thus it particularly specializes in entering the liver, benefiting the tendons and moving the blood. It treats weakness of the waist and knees, beriberi, and is indispensable for guiding the meridians."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Decoct and take 10-15g.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Not suitable for those with excessive stomach acid.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Flowering quince fruit contains saponins, flavonoids, vitamin C, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, and also catalase, peroxidase, tannins, etc. This product has a significant anti-inflammatory effect on experimental arthritis in animals and appears to alleviate gastrointestinal muscle spasms and muscular rigidity in the limbs.