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Ji Nei Jin (雞內金), the lining of the chicken’s gizzard, strongly reduces food stagnation and strengthens the Stomach, secures the essence and reduces enuresis, and helps to dissolve and expel urinary and gall stones.
Latin / Pharmaceutical Name
Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli
Common English Name
Chicken gizzard lining
Taste
Sweet
Temperature
Neutral
Channels Entered
Spleen, Stomach, Small Intestine, Bladder
Actions & Functions
- Strongly reduces food stagnation and strengthens the Stomach
- Secures the essence and reduces enuresis
- Helps dissolve and expel urinary and gall stones
Indications
Food stagnation and childhood nutritional impairment; seminal emission and enuresis; and urinary stones and gallstones.
Dosage
3-9 g in decoction, or 1.5-3 g as powder (more effective as powder).
Common Combinations
With Jin Qian Cao for stones; with Shan Zha for food stagnation.
Cautions & Contraindications
Generally well tolerated.
