Individual Herbs Notebook

Zhen Zhu

Pharmaceutical: Margarita

Other names: Pearl

Category: Substances that Calm the Spirit



Properties: Sweet, salty, cold, toxic

Meridans Entered:
Primary: Heart and Liver


Traditional Actions/Indications:
  1. Sedates the Heart and settles tremors and palpitations
    Palpitations, childhood convulsions and seizures Disharmony of the Heart and Spirit wherein the patient is easily frightened
  2. Clears the Liver and eliminates Superficial Visual Obstructions
    Blurred vision due to pterygium or other superficial eye disorders of the eyes (topically as a powder)
  3. Promotes healing and generates flesh (topical)
    Chronic non-healing ulcers and macerated areas (usually throat or gums)

Suggested Daily Dosage: 0.3-1g as powder or pills.


Cautions: Animal products are prohibited from use in the UK under the Medicines Act 1968 ch. 67 which restricts herbalists to the use of plant products only. It is generally substituted with Hu Po and Fu Shen.


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