Qing Guo - 青果 - Fructus Canarii
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Fructus Canarii |
| Common English: | Chinese White Olive |
Category
Herbs that Clear Heat: Herbs that Clear Heat and Relieve ToxicityProperties
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
| Sweet Sour | Neutral | Lung Stomach Spleen | 4.5-15g |
Actions And Indications
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Clears Heat, Generates fluids, Improves the condition of the throat, Resolves toxicity | Sore throat due to Win-Heat Invasion or Heat Toxin Accumulation Dry, parched mouth and throat with irritability, thirst hoarseness, coughing with sticky sputum (fresh made into a paste), epilepsy, polydipsia, hematemesis with coughing, bacillary dysentery, fugutoxin |
Resolves alcoholic intoxication | Alcohol intoxication |
Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions
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Major Combinations
| Borax | Flos Lonicerae | |
Apply topically as a powder for sore throat from Wind-Heat or Heat Toxin | Dray, parched throat with a raspy voice |
Notes
- It unbinds the Stomach, descends Qi and stops diarrhea.
- To relieve drunkenness, prepare a soup from the flesh of ten olives.
- Chewing it and swallowing the juice is said to resolve all toxins from fish and tortoises.
- It can help dislodge fish bones caught in the throat.