The Versatile Phoenix Eye Fruit: A Closer Look at its Uses and Pictures

February 11, 2024

Phoenix Eye Fruit, as a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, is mainly used for promoting digestion, detoxification, and insecticide. It is commonly used for treating vomiting and regurgitation, abdominal pain caused by intestinal parasites, hernia pain, and scalp ulcers in children. Below, let's take a look at the pictures of Phoenix Eye Fruit and its relevant applications.

【Origins of Phoenix Eye Fruit】

Phoenix Eye Fruit is mentioned in "Sheng Cao Yao Xing Bei Yao".

1. "Junzi Tang Ri Xun Shou Jing": In Hengzhou, there is a well-known fruit called "Jiu Ceng Pi" (nine-layered skin). The flesh is only revealed after peeling off all nine layers, and it tastes similar to chestnuts.

2. "Lingnan Za Ji": The fruit of Pinpo looks like a large soap pod, with fresh red flesh inside. The seeds are also similar to those of soap pods. The skin is purple, and the flesh is like chestnuts. The fruit has multiple layers of skin that need to be peeled off to reveal the flesh.

3. "Si En Fu Zhi": Luo Huang Zi, commonly known as "Jiu Ceng Pi," resembles edible broad beans and tastes like roasted chestnuts. The fruit has a shiny black appearance, and the flesh is covered by nine layers of skin, hence the name. It is found in mountainous areas and forests.

【Functions and Effects of Phoenix Eye Fruit】

Phoenix Eye Fruit is mainly used for promoting digestion, detoxification, and insecticide. It is commonly used for treating vomiting and regurgitation, abdominal pain caused by intestinal parasites, hernia pain, and scalp ulcers in children.

①Yao Kecheng's "Shi Wu Ben Cao": "It treats intestinal parasites and children who eat soil, abdominal pain, and hard lumps. It nourishes the liver and gallbladder, improves vision, stops coughing and reduces fever, relieves wind-heat, eliminates annoyance, and reduces fire."

②"Sheng Cao Yao Xing Bei Yao": "It treats scalp ulcers in children. Crush it and apply the powder topically. It eliminates heat and boils meat."

【Compound Formulas of Phoenix Eye Fruit】

①For treating severe abdominal pain caused by intestinal parasites, with white spots on the face: Take seven pieces of Luo Huang Zi and seven pieces of Qian Niu Zi. Decoction and consume orally.

②For treating vomiting and regurgitation, with immediate ejection of food intake; or vomiting in the morning after eating, and vomiting in the evening after eating: Take seven pieces of Luo Huang Zi. Crush and mix with alcohol. Take one spoonful of the mixture daily.

③For treating hernia pain: Take seven pieces of Luo Huang Zi. Decoction with alcohol. (Formula from Yao Kecheng's "Shi Wu Ben Cao")

【Pictures of Phoenix Eye Fruit】

 

            
Phoenix Eye Fruit Pictures

            
Phoenix Eye Fruit Pictures

 

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