Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/zhi-shi/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/zhi-shi/">Bencao Index</a> zhi shi 枳实 Fructus Aurantii Immaturus Unripe Bitter Orange kijitsu jisil Regulate Qi Large Intestine Stomach Spleen

Breaks up stagnant Qi, reduces accumulation, descends Qi, unblocks the bowels and clears food stagnation

Stagnant, accumulated Qi with epigastric or abdominal pain and distension, or indigestion with focal distension and wind Food stagnation Constipation with a hard abdomen Dysentery with tenesmus

Transforms Phlegm, reduces distension and resolves hardness

Turbid Phlegm blocking the Qi, with focal distension and fullness of the chest and epigastrium Painful obstruction of the chest (Xiong Bi) with Phlegm accumulation, used with herbs that support Heart Qi or Yang