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Evodia fruit (Wuzhuyu)
Pharmaceutical
Name : Fructus Evodiae
Botanical Name : Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.)
Benth.
Common Name : Evodia fruit
Source of Earliest Record : Shennong Bencao
Jing
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations : The fruit is gathered in August
or November and dried in the sun. It is then
soaked in the decoction of Licorice root (Gancao).
Properties & Taste : Pungent, bitter,
hot and slightly toxic
Meridians : Liver, spleen and stomach
Functions:
1. To dispel cold and stop pain;
2. To pacify the liver and direct rebellious
qi downward;
3. To stop vomiting
Indications & Combinations:
1. Cold attacking the spleen and stomach manifested
as epigastric and abdominal cold pain. Evodia
fruit (Wuzhuyu) is used with Dried ginger
(Ganjiang) and Costus root (Muxiang).
2. Cold stagnation in the liver meridians
manifested as hernia. Evodia fruit (Wuzhuyu)
is used with Fennel fruit (Xiaohuixiang) and
Lindera root (Wuyao).
3. Weakness of spleen and stomach, and liver
qi rising upward manifested as headache and
vomiting. Evodia fruit (Wuzhuyu) is used with
Ginseng (Renshen) and Fresh ginger (Shengjiang)
in the formula Wuzhuyu Tang.
4. Deficiency and cold of the spleen and
kidneys manifested as chronic diarrhea. Evodia
fruit (Wuzhuyu) is used with Schisandra fruit
(Wuweizi) and Nutmeg (Roudoukou) in the formula
Sishen Wan.
5. Beriberi. Evodia fruit (Wuzhuyu) is used
with Chaenomeles fruit (Mugua) for external
application.
6. Vomiting and acid regurgitation: a) cold
in the stomachEvodia fruit (Wuzhuyu) is used
with Fresh ginger (Shengjiang) and Pinellia
tuber (Banxia); b) fire transformed from prolonged
liver qi stagnationEvodia fruit (Wuzhuyu)
is used with Coptis root (Huanglian) in the
formula Zuojin Wan.
Dosage: 1.5-5 g |
