This product is the dried mature fruit kernel of the Rosaceae plant Prinsepia uniflora (Prinsepia uniflora Batal.) or the serrate-leaved Prinsepia (Prinsepia uniflora Batal. var. serrata Rehd.). The mature fruits are harvested in summer and autumn, the flesh is removed, and they are washed and dried in the sun.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sweet, slightly cold. Act on liver meridian.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Nourishing blood and improving vision, dispersing wind and dissipating heat.

bubble_chart Indications

Used for red eye swelling and pain, red ulceration of the palpebral margin (marginal blepharitis), and photophobia.

1. Commonly used for acute inflammation of wind-heat in the liver meridian, such as acute conjunctivitis or acute keratitis.
2. This product can disperse wind and clear heat, and also tonify blood and benefit the liver. It can be applied to eye diseases caused by liver and kidney deficiency, and can be used in combination with warming and tonifying liver and kidney medicinals such as Cornus officinalis, walnut kernel, and Psoralea corylifolia.

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

5～9g.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Eye diseases not caused by wind-heat and those with deficiency of both the liver and kidney should not use it.