This product is the fruit of the Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata Michx.), a plant of the Rosaceae family. The best quality fruits are those that are large, reddish-yellow in color, glossy, and free of thorns. It is mainly produced in the provinces of Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, and Guizhou in China. The "gold" refers to the color of the Cherokee Rose Fruit. According to the Bencao Gangmu, the character "櫻" should be "罌," describing its seeds as resembling yellow poppy seeds.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Neutral, sour, sweet and astrigent. Act on kidney, bladder and large intestinal meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Strengthening essence, reducing urination, stopping leukorrhea, astringing intestines, and checking diarrhea.

bubble_chart Indications

For liver and kidney deficiency, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, seminal emission, spermatorrhea, enuresis, frequent urination, chronic deficiency and dysentery, lung deficiency with cough and wheezing, spontaneous sweating, night sweat, leukorrhea, etc.

bubble_chart Documentation

Bencao Gangmu: "Cherokee Rose Fruit is primarily used to treat spleen-related diarrhea and dysentery, stops excessive urination, and astringes essential qi. Long-term use can make one resistant to cold and lighten the body."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Decoct 6-12g for oral use; decoct in water; or make into pills or powder; or prepare into a paste.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Those with substantial heat or pathogenic heat should avoid taking it.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Contains malic acid, citric acid, tannins, resins, vitamin C, fructose, sucrose, etc., and also contains about 17% saponins.

• Cherokee Rose Fruit can reduce serum cholesterol and β-lipoprotein in rabbits, and alleviate the degree of stirred pulse atherosclerosis.
• The aqueous extract of Cherokee Rose Fruit can reduce the frequency of urination in rats, prolong the interval between urinations, but increase the amount of urine each time. It inhibits the autonomous contraction of the isolated jejunum (a segment of the small intestine) smooth muscle in rabbits, antagonizes the spasmodic contraction of the jejunum smooth muscle in rabbits and the isolated bladder smooth muscle in rats caused by acetylcholine and barium chloride, and antagonizes the contraction response of the isolated thoracic stirred pulse strip in rabbits caused by norepinephrine.
• The decoction of Cherokee Rose Fruit stir-fried with bran and prepared with honey, when administered to mice with diarrhea caused by Rhubarb Rhizoma liquid, has a good effect of astringing intestines and checking diarrhea.