INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Semen Litchi
Common English:	Leechee Nut Lychee Pip

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet (Acrid) (Astringent)	Warm	Liver Stomach	6-15g Crush before dispensing For epigastric pain: 24-30g

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Disperses Cold and Stagnation and stops pain

Cold in the Liver Channel with bulging disorders with pain in the groin or testicles

Heat in the Liver Channel (with appropriate herbs)

Regulates Qi and stops pain

Liver Qi Stagnation with abdominal and epigastric pain

Qi and Blood Stagnation with abdominal, premenstrual or postpartum pain

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Use caution for those taking insulin, sulfonylureas and other antidiabetics such as tolbutamide (Orinase), glipizide (Glucotrol) and glyburide (DiaBeta/Micronase) as there may be a synergistic effect leading to hypoglycemia.

Sm. Citri Reticulatae Ju He	Fr. Foeniculi Xiao Hui Xiang Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu (Sm. Citri Rubrum) (Ju He)	Rx. Gentianae Long Dan Cao Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi (Fr. Gardenia) (Zhi Zi) (Rx. et Rz. Rhei) (Da Huang)
Bulging disorders from Cold in the Liver Channel. Ovarian cysts and abdominal masses. Running piglet disorder.	Testicular pain and swelling and other hernial disorders associated with Cold.	Testicular pain, redness, and swelling due to Damp-Heat in the Liver channel.
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo (Fr. Toosendan) (Chuan Lian Zi)	Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu	Fr. Citri Aurantii Zhi Ke
Chronic epigastric pain due to Liver Qi Stagnation.	Premenstrual or postpartum pain. Abdominal pain.	Bulging disorders.
Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi Fr. Foeniculi Xiao Hui Xiang	Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu Cx. Cinnamomi (only if signs of Cold) Rou Gui
Running piglet disorder due to Cold in the Lower Jiao.	Ben Tun sensation.

Some sources say that this herb disperses hardness.
This herb treats gastralgia, testicular swelling and gynecological stasis and pain.
Both Li Zhi He and Fr. Foeniculi Xiao Hui Xiang treat swelling of the testicles and to Cold-Dampness, lower abdominal masses, prolapse and pain in women, warm the Liver and dispel Lower Jiao Cold to stop pain. Li Zhi He more powerfully dredges Cold from the Liver channel and acts on Qi and Blood. Xiao Hui Xiang also enters the Kidney and Spleen channels to warm the Middle and alleviate nausea and is much more aromatic and warming.