Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation
Ji Nei Jin 鸡内金
Endothelium Comeum Gigeriae Galli Chicken Gizzard's Internal Lining
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Materia Medica Data
- Category
- Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation
- Temperature
- Neutral
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Neutral
- Channels Entered
- BL, SI, SP, ST
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Endothelium Comeum Gigeriae Galli
- Chinese
- 鸡内金
- Tone Marks
- jī nèi jīn
- Translation
- Chicken Inner Gold
Chinese Herb Actions
- Reduces Food Stagnation, Strengthens Spleen Treats indigestion, fullness and distention of the abdomen and epigastrium. Treats childhood/infantile malnutrition.
- Secures the Jing, Stops Enuresis Treats bedwetting, frequent urination, incontinence, cloudy urination and spermatorrhea
- Transforms hardness, Dissolves Stones Treats kidney and gallstones (urinary or biliary tract).
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 3-10 grams in decoction, 1.5-3 grams in powder (Chen)
- 3-9 grams in decoction (Bensky)
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Use with caution during cases of Spleen Deficiency without symptoms of food stagnation.
Chinese Herb Toxicity & Overdose
- One case of epistaxis has been reported
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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Chinese Herbs Books & References
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