| Chinese Name |
Baidoukou |
| Latin |
Fructus Amomi Rotundus |
| English Name |
Round Cardamon Fruit |
| Key Characteristics |
Herb that resolves dampness |
| Source |
Dried ripe fruit of Amomum kravanh Pire ex Gagnep. or Amomum compactum Soland ex Maton (Fam. Zingiberaceae)
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| Property, Flavor and Meridians Entered |
Acrid, warm; Lung, Spleen, Stomach
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| Actions |
To resolve damp, remove retained food, promote the flow of qi and warm the spleen and stomach to promote digestion
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| Indications |
Loss of appetite due to accumulation of damp in the spleen and stomach, feeling of suffocation in the chest with loss of appitite at the early stage of damp-warm syndromes, nausea, vomiting, distending pain in the chest and abdomen, caused by cold-damp, indigestion, in addition, used for chronic renal failure
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| Special Usage |
It is added when the decoction is nearly done.
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| Precaution |
It is not suggested to prescribe to those with dryness in blood from yin deficiency.
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| Chemical Composition |
It mainly contains volatile oil.
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