Glossy Privet Fruit(Nu zhen zi)

This medicinal is the dried ripe fruit of the plant Ligustrum lucidum Ait.(Fam.Oleaceae).It is excavated in winter when the fruit becomes ripe.After slightly steamed or slightly scaled with boiling water,it is dried and used in its unprepared form or processed with liquor.

Medicinal Properties:sweet ,bitter and cool.

Meridian Tropism:liver and kidney meridians.

Medicinal Efficacies:Nourish liver and kidney;improve vision and blacken hair.

Usage and Dosage: 6~12g.Steamed with yellow wine,its action of nourishing liver and kidney is strengthened,its property of bitter and cold is reduced,and the side effect of loosing bowels can be dimished.