Cao Guo草果
Fructus TsaokoTsaoko Fruit
También conocido comoCochin Cardamon Fruit
- Categoría
- Hierbas que drenan la Humedad
- Naturaleza
- tibio
- Sabor
- picante, aromático
- Canales de destino
- Bazo, Estómago
- Dosis
- 1.5–10 g
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Dosis habituales
- Dosis
- 1.5–10 g
- Tincture
- 1–4 ml
Acciones & indicaciones
- Strongly dries Dampness, warms the Middle Jiao and disperses Cold
- Cold-Dampness Obstructing the Spleen and Stomach with epigastric and abdominal distention, fullness and pain, vomiting, diarrhea and a greasy tongue coat
- Alleviates malarial disorders
- Alternating fever and chills due to Cold-Dampness or Turbid-Dampness associated with malarial disorders
- Dissolves Stagnation and distention
- Indigestion due to meat Stagnation
- Distention and nausea due to Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold
- Removes Phlegm
- Phlegm Obstructing the Middle Jiao
Contraindicaciones
- Not used in cases of Yin or Blood Deficiency.
- Not used for Qi or Blood Deficiency where no Cold-Damp signs are present.
- Excessive doses may cause vomiting.
Combinaciones
Damp-Cold obstructing the Spleen and Stomach.
Cold-Dampness obstructing the Spleen and Stomach where Dampness predominates.
- Wu Zhu Yu
- Gan Jiang
Cold-Dampness obstructing the Spleen and Stomach where Cold predominates.
Malaria in which chills outweigh fever, and recurrent malaria where Cold-Damp obstructs the interior and injures the Yin, presenting as chest and flank distention, anorexia, and extreme fatigue.
Recurrent, chill-predominant malaria where interior Cold-Damp injures the Yin, with chest and flank distention, anorexia, and extreme fatigue.
Malarial disorders in which turbid Dampness fumes upward, causing irritability and profuse sweating.
A pathogen lodged at the membrane source, presenting as pronounced alternating chills and fever, chest stuffiness, nausea or vomiting, headache, and a tongue with deep red edges under a thick, foul, pasty coat.
Epigastric and abdominal pain caused by Qi Stagnation and Blood Stasis.
Malarial disorders, providing a buffer against vomiting while regulating Cold and Heat and harmonizing Exterior and Interior; treats malarial disease with Tai Yin turbid Dampness fuming upward, presenting as irritability, Heat, and profuse sweating.
Notas
- Cao Guo's strong, foul odor tends to cause vomiting, an effect lessened by roasting or dry-frying it with ginger juice.
- The kernels, Tsaoko Kernels Cao Guo Ren, are intensely aromatic and drying, well suited to drying Dampness and dispersing Cold, and are used for alternating chills and fever, and for chills in the early stage of malarial and other epidemic disorders when turbid Dampness is present.
- Ranking Cao Guo, Fr. Amomi Sha Ren, Fr. Amomi Rotundus Bai Dou Kou, and Sm. Alpiniae Katsumadai Cao Dou Kou for promoting Qi movement: Sha Ren ranks strongest, Bai Dou Kou second, Cao Dou Kou third, and Cao Guo has almost no such effect. For warming and drying, the order reverses: Sha Ren is weakest, Bai Dou Kou stronger, Cao Dou Kou stronger still, and Cao Guo is the strongest of the four.
- Cao Guo and Sm. Myristicae Rou Dou Kou both expel Cold, dry Dampness, and move Qi to regulate the Spleen and Stomach, and both are acrid; but Rou Dou Kou has a stronger astringent flavor and can stabilize leakage and loss from the Large Intestine, and because it warms both the Spleen and Kidneys it treats the Middle and Lower Jiaos, whereas Cao Guo's action is confined to the Middle Jiao.
- Ginger-prepared Tsaoko Seeds Jiang Cao Guo Zi are less drying and better able to warm the Stomach and relieve nausea, and are used for Cold-Dampness Obstructing the Spleen and Stomach with epigastric and abdominal distention, fullness, and pain.