Cao Dou Kou草豆蔻
Semen Alpiniae KatsumadaiKatsumada's Galangal Seeds
Autres nomsKatsumadai · Alpinia Katsumadai
- Catégorie
- Plantes qui drainent l’Humidité
- Nature
- tiède
- Saveur
- piquant, aromatique
- Tropisme
- Rate, Estomac
- Posologie
- 1.5–7 g
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Doses usuelles
- Posologie
- 1.5–7 g
- Tincture
- 1–3 ml
Actions & indications
- Dries Dampness, warms the Middle Jiao, stops vomiting and strengthens the Spleen
- Cold-Dampness Distressing the Spleen and Stomach with fullness, distention and pain in the epigastrium and abdomen with vomiting and diarrhea
Contre-indications
- Not used in cases of Yin or Blood Deficiency.
- Not used for malarial disorders that are not caused by miasmic Qi.
- Not used in the absence of Cold symptoms.
- Not used for epigastric pain caused by Fire.
- Not used for explosive diarrhea with thirst caused by Summerheat and Damp-Heat.
Associations
Abdominal pain, vomiting, anorexia, pale lips and tongue, and regurgitation of clear fluid caused by Stomach Cold.
Anorexia with abdominal pain and distention from Spleen Deficiency combined with Damp Obstruction and Qi Stagnation.
Cold-Dampness in the Middle Jiao where Dampness predominates.
- Rou Gui
- Gan Jiang
Cold invasion causing vomiting, pain, abdominal coldness, and intense diarrhea; also chronic diarrhea from Deficiency Cold.
- Rou Gui
- Rou Dou Kou
- (Gan Jiang)
Chronic diarrhea from Deficiency and Cold.
Chronic diarrhea caused by Deficiency Cold.
- Zhi Ban Xia
- (Chen Pi)
- (Sheng Jiang)
Cold Phlegm affecting the chest and diaphragm, with vomiting.
Accumulated Cold-Dampness in the Middle Jiao.
Accumulated Dampness in the Middle Jiao.
Notes
- Similar to Fr. Amomi Sha Ren and Fr. Amomi Kravanh Bai Dou Kou, this herb has stronger warming and drying properties and is especially suited to patterns of Ascendant Damp-Cold in the Spleen and Stomach.
- It also treats Phlegm-Dampness Obstructing the Lungs, which produces fullness and a stifling sensation in the chest.
- Cao Dou Kou and Fr. Amomi Rotundus Bai Dou Kou both mobilize Qi, ease the Stomach, warm the Middle, and transform Dampness. Cao Dou Kou is somewhat less effective at mobilizing Qi and disseminating Lung Qi, but is warmer and better at drying turbid Dampness, and may be substituted for Bai Dou Kou.
- Katsumada's Galangal Flesh Cao Kou Rou, or its Kernels Cao Kou Ren, is less aromatic.