Longan Aril (long yan rou)  

Arillus Longan

Properties: Sweet in flavour, warm in nature, it is tropistic to the heart and spleen channels. Being sweet and moist in property, it functions in tonifying Qi and nourishing blood, invigorating the heart and spleen, nourishing the heart and calming the mind, serving for insomnia and amnesia due to deficiency of the heart and spleen and insufficiency of Qi and blood.

Effects: Tonifying the heart and spleen, nourishing blood and calming the mind.

Indications:

For deficiency of both the heart and spleen, insufficiency of both Qi and blood, anorexia, lassitude, loose stool, palpitation, in somnia and amnesia, it is often used together with Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae Sinensis Pilosulae, Rhizoma Atractylodis Mactocephalae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, semen Ziziphi Spinosae, etc. to invigorate the spleen, replenish Qi, nourish blood and tranquilize the mind, as in Decoction for Invigoration the Spleen.

Dosage and Administration: 10-15g.