Basics

  • Latin name:Litchi chinensis
  • Common names:Lychee pit
  • Nature:Warm; slightly sweet and bitter
  • Part used:Seed

Uses

  • Warms the middle, moves qi, relieves pain
  • Cold hernia pain and lower-abdominal cold pain (syndrome differentiation required)

Harvest & storage

From ripe lychee fruit; wash seeds and dry in sun.

How to identify

Elongated brown seed, hard texture.

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