Puncturevine Caltrop Fruit Classic Formulas … Natural Herb Library

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Pacifies the Liver and subdues rising yang ... Ji Li is used for headache, dizziness, irritability, and upward-surging Liver activity.
Soothes constrained Liver qi ... it is selected for rib-side discomfort, breast distention, mood frustration, and pressure-type headache when tension and qi stagnation are prominent.
Dispels wind and brightens the eyes ... traditional use includes red painful eyes, blurred vision, and itching of the eyes linked to Liver channel disturbance.
Dispels wind from the skin and stops itching ... it is frequently added for urticaria, pruritic eruptions, and diffuse itchy rashes.

Liver-constraint formulas pair Ji Li with Chai Hu or Xiang Fu for headache, breast distention, and emotional frustration.
Eye-focused formulas combine it with Ju Hua or Jue Ming Zi when Liver heat, wind, or rising yang affects vision.
Wind-itching formulas pair it with Fang Feng or Chan Tui for urticaria and diffuse pruritus.

Traditional materia medica describes Ji Li as a Tribulus fruit that calms rising Liver activity, soothes constraint, brightens the eyes, and relieves itching.
Older naming practice uses Ji Li broadly, while Ci Ji Li emphasizes the thorny fruit and later trade language may distinguish Bai Ji Li as a prepared or de-spined presentation.