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Botanical name |
Broussonetia papyrifera |
| Pin yin name | Chu Shi Zi | |
| Pin yin description | Although the character chu currently used for this herb means to store, originally it referred to producing paper from the plant peelings; the species name papyrifera refers to paper making as well; shi refers to bearing fruit, and zi means seed or small fruit; this is the plant used for making paper that yields a useful fruit | |
| Other common names | Paper Mulberry | |
| Part used | Fruit | |
| Taste | Sweet | |
| Nature | Cold | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Tonify kidney, clear heat of the liver, brighten the eyes, promote urination | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Deficiency of liver and kidney, with various related symptoms, such as soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, dizziness, vertigo, deficiency heat, nebula, and edema with abdominal distention. | |
| Possible unwanted effects | None noted | |
| Herb drug interactions | None reported | |
| TCM and other contraindications | None noted | |
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