Jin Lingzi is the dried and mature fruit of Melia azedarach. Bitter taste, cold nature, slightly toxic, liver, small intestine and bladder meridian. Its bitter cold can clear liver and purge fire, relieve depression and heat, promote qi circulation and relieve pain. It is mainly used to treat chest pain, abdominal distension, hernia pain and abdominal pain caused by insects. It is often used with yanhusuo to treat liver depression and qi stagnation.
Yujin is pungent, bitter and cold, and enters liver, heart and lung meridians. It has many functions, such as promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, promoting qi circulation, relieving depression, clearing heart fire, cooling blood, promoting gallbladder function and eliminating jaundice. It is mainly used to treat chest pain, irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea caused by stagnation of liver qi and blood stasis. At the same time, modern pharmacological research shows that Radix Curcumae has the functions of protecting liver cells, promoting liver cell regeneration, degreasing and inhibiting liver cell fibrosis, and can resist toxic liver lesions, which has a significant protective effect on liver.