Chicken Gizzard Membrane – 1 lb (454 g)

Chicken Gizzard Membrane, known in Chinese as 鸡内金 (Jīnèijīn) and scientifically as Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli, is a valued herb in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This TCM herb has been traditionally used to support natural wellness, maintain vitality, and encourage holistic balance. At TCMforyou.com, we provide premium-quality Chicken Gizzard Membrane carefully sourced to preserve its therapeutic properties.

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[Overview] This product is also known as Jizhen Neihuangpi, Jizhenpi, Jihuangpi, and Jizhongjin. It is the inner membrane of the gizzard of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson) of the Phasianidae family. It is produced throughout China. After slaughtering the chicken, the gizzard is removed, the inner membrane peeled off, cleaned, and sun-dried.

[Properties] Sweet in taste, neutral in nature. Enters the spleen, stomach, and bladder meridians.

[Actions] Strengthens the spleen and aids digestion; resolves masses and dissolves stones; astringes essence and stops leakage; promotes wound healing and generates flesh.

[Applications]
1. Used for food retention and indigestion, and infantile malnutrition. This herb can be used for various food stagnation caused by rice, flour, tubers, milk, and meat, presenting with epigastric and abdominal fullness, belching with foul odor, nausea, or diarrhea. It can be taken alone as a powder or combined with Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata), Hawthorn (Crataegus), and Malt (Hordei Fructus Germinatus). If food stagnation is due to spleen deficiency causing poor transportation and digestion, with epigastric distention, nausea, and poor appetite, it is combined with Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) and Dangshen (Codonopsis Radix). For treating infantile malnutrition, it can be combined with Baizhu, Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus), and Sharen (Amomi Fructus) as a powder, taken with rice soup. For chronic malnutrition with sallow complexion, emaciation, and low-grade afternoon fever, it can be combined with Huhuanglian (Picrorhiza Rhizoma), Yinchaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Shijunzi (Quisqualis Fructus), and Binglang (Arecae Semen).
2. Used for kidney deficiency causing enuresis and seminal emission, often combined with Sangpiaoxiao (Mantidis Ootheca), Tusizi (Cuscutae Semen), and Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum). If frequent and abundant urination occurs, it can be combined with Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Longgu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), and Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix), as in the formula Jiliji Wan.
3. Used for stone syndromes. For gallstones, it is commonly combined with Chuan Yujin (Curcumae Radix) and Jinqiancao (Lysimachiae Herba). For kidney and bladder stones, it can be combined with Dongkuizi (Malvae Fructus), Haijingsha (Lygodii Spora), Hutaoren (Juglandis Semen), and Shiwei (Pyrrosiae Folium).
4. Used for masses and accumulations, and amenorrhea in women. For hypochondriac masses, hardness, and abdominal distention, it can be combined with Ezhu (Curcumae Rhizoma), Biejia (Trionycis Carapax), Chuanshanjia (Manis Squama), and Taoren (Persicae Semen). For female amenorrhea, it can be combined with Huangqi, Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma), and Ezhu, as in the formula Lichong Wan.
Additionally, it can treat milk sore thrush by burning to ash and powdering for topical application; treat running horse dental chancre by powdering with Kufen (Calomel) for external application; treat abscesses and ulcers that do not heal by powdering with Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Binglang, and Huanglian for topical use.

[Dosage and Administration] Internal use: decoction, 3–9 g; or incorporated into pills or powders. External use: appropriate amount, roasted and powdered for topical application; or fresh material applied directly.

[Cautions] Use with caution in cases of spleen deficiency without food stagnation.

[Modern Research]
1. Chemical constituents: Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli contains gastrin, keratin, trace amounts of pepsin, amylase, multiple vitamins, 18 amino acids including lysine, and trace elements such as copper and zinc. It also contains ammonium chloride.
2. Pharmacological effects: It aids digestion by increasing gastric juice secretion, raising acidity, enhancing gastric motility, and accelerating gastric emptying. The aqueous decoction has some effect in accelerating the elimination of radioactive strontium, with the acid extract showing better results than the decoction.
3. Clinical reports:
1) Gastric and duodenal ulcers: Using lightly fried Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli powder, 5 g each time, taken with 25 g honey and appropriate boiled water, twice daily, one hour before meals. Fifteen cases treated with satisfactory results. [Sichuan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1992,(7):33]
2) Gastric phytobezoar: 150–300 g of powder daily, divided into three doses with meals; can also be taken mixed with rice soup. Ten cases treated; symptoms disappeared within 1–3 days; barium meal X-ray reexamination showed disappearance of gastric phytobezoar. [Shandong Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1995,14(8):373]
3) Flat warts: Soak 100 g fresh Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli in 300 ml white rice vinegar for 30 hours, then apply to affected areas three times daily for 10 days per course. One hundred twenty-six cases treated; 80 cured, 20 improved, 26 ineffective. [Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, 1989,9(1):655]
4) Infantile diarrhea: 12 g Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli, 20 g Baizhu, stir-fried yellow, powdered and sifted. Separately, 50 g stewed apple pulp mashed with the herbs into a paste. Dose 15 g, four times daily with boiled water. Forty-five cases treated; 25 cured, 14 improved, 6 ineffective. [Jiangsu Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1988,(2):15]