 Wolfberry
bark (Digupi)
Pharmaceutical Name : Cortex Lycii
Botanical Name: 1. Lycium chinensis Mill.;
2. Lycium barbarum L.
Common Name: Wolfberry bark, Lycium bark
Source of Earliest Record : Shennong Bencao
Jing
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations : The roots are dug in spring
or autumn. The bark is peeled off the roots,
dried in the sun and cut into pieces.
 Properties & Taste : Sweet or tasteless
and cold
Meridians: Lung and kidney
Functions:
• Removes heat from the blood.
• Brings down hectic fever.
• Clears away heat in the lung.
• Lowers blood pressure.
Indications & Combinations:
1. Heat in the blood and deficient yin manifested
as afternoon fever and night sweating. Wolfberry
bark (Digupi) is used with Anemarrhena rhizome
(Zhimu) and Turtle shell (Biejia).
2. Heat in the lungs and deficient yin manifested
as cough, asthma and cough with blood. Wolfberry
bark (Digupi) is used with Imperata rhizome
(Baimaogen) and Biota tops (Cebaiye).
Dosage: 6-15 g
Cautions & Contraindications:
This herb is contraindicated in cases with
fever due to common cold or weakness of the
spleen accompanied by diarrhea. |
