Longan Fruit / Arillus Longan (long yan rou)  龍眼肉

 Nature: Warm; sweet; attributive to heart and spleen.

Characteristics: Soft, moist and translucent meat of a delicious fruit used as blood tonic. It had high organic iron content, about twenty times of grapes and fifteen times of spinach. It is a qi tonic, which increases physical stamina and always use with other blood tonics.

Therapeutic effects: Invigorate the heart and spleen; nourish blood and calm the mind; treat insomnia, amnesia and dizziness.