Fructus Lycii

Figure 3 Lycium harharum (Lycium Chinese, Chinese wolfberry, Gou Qi Zi, Fructus Lycii Chinensis).

For various ophthalmological disorders, such as glaucoma, optic nerve atrophy, acute retrobulbar neuritis, cortical blindness, and central retinitis, add Flos Chrysanthemi Morifolii (Ju Hua), Fructus Lycii Chinensis (Gou Qi Zi), and Rhizoma Acori Graminei (Shi Chang Pu). 

For yin vacuity with a red tongue and scant coating, add Fructus Ligustri Lucidi (Nu Zhen Zi), Herba Ecliptae Prostratae Han Lian Cao), and Fructus Lycii Chinensis Gou Qi Zi). 

For diminished eyesight or blurred vision, add Fructus Lycii Chinensis Gou Qi Zi) and Rhizoma Ligustici Wallichii Chuan Xiong). 

For low back aching and weakness, add Ramus Loranthi Seu Visci SangJi Sheng), Fructus Lycii Chinensis Gou Qi Zi), and Radix Polygoni Multiflori He Shou Wu) or Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi) and Polygonum Multiflorum. 

For impotence, add Radix Morindae (Ba Ji Rou), Herba Cistanchis (Ron Cong Rong), Herba Cynomorii Songarici (Suo Yang), and Fructus Lycii Chinensis (Gou Qi Zi). 

For yang vacuity, cold, damp pattern senile vaginitis, subtract Anemarrhena, Phellodendron, and Morinda and add Fructus Lycii Chinensis Gou Qi Zi), Radix Dioscoreae Oppositae Shan Yao), Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae Dang Shen), Sclerotium Poriae Cocos Fu Ling), and Fructus Rubi (Fu Pen Zi). 

Wang, Y. et al. Rrotective effect of Fructus Lycii polysaccharides against time and hyperthermia-induced damage in cultured seminiferous epithelium. J Ethnopharmacol, 82, 169, 2002. 

Since alcohol has dispersing and fast moving properties, it can increase the effect and speed of the herbs. Medicinal alcohol drink is often used for chronic disorders. Herbs that tonify the body, such as Ren Shen (Ginseng radix) and Gou Qi Zi (Lycii fructus), and herbs that disperse wind, damp and cold to treat Bi syndrome, such as Wu Jia Pi (Acan-thopanacis cortex), are often prepared in this way. Herbal alcohol drink is usually taken once a day in small amounts of 10-20 ml. 

Blurred vision and reduced vision use Gou Qi Zi (Lycii fructus), Nu Zhen Zi (Ligustri lucidi fructus) and Mi Meng Hua (Buddlejae flos) to... 

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