Gua Lou Ren栝蔞仁
Semen TrichosanthisTrichosanthis Seed
Autres nomsSnakegourd Seed
- Catégorie
- Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat
- Nature
- froid
- Saveur
- doux
- Tropisme
- Poumon, Estomac, Gros intestin
- Posologie
- 2–18 g
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Doses usuelles
- Posologie
- 2–18 g
- Tincture
- 2–5 ml
Actions & indications
- Clears Heat and transforms Hot Phlegm (cools and moistens the Lungs)
- Phlegm-Heat cough (especially with thick, difficult to expectorate sputum)
- Expands the chest
- Phlegm accumulation in the chest with a stifling sensation, pain, or diaphragmatic pressure
- Moistens the Intestines and promotes bowel movements
- Dry constipation (especially with Lung/Large Intestine Heat)(dry mouth, thirst, irritability)
- Promotes healing of sores (dissipates nodules and eliminates pus)
- Adjunctively for unsuppurated sores, breast abscess and swelling
- Promotes urination
- Edema
Contre-indications
- Contraindicated in weak, Deficient Spleen with nausea or loose stools.
- Contraindicated in diarrhea from Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold.
Incompatibilités
- Incompatible with Rx. Aconiti Wu Tou.
- Antagonistic to Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang.
- Counteracts the action of Rx. Achyranthis Bidentate Niu Xi.
Associations
Cough with chest pain and sputum that is hard to expectorate.
Cough with chest pain and hard-to-expectorate sputum, with pronounced Heat.
Painful obstruction affecting the chest or Heart.
Constipation from internal obstruction by Phlegm-Heat with dry mouth and thirst; wasting-and-thirsting disorder.
- Dang Gui
- Bai Zi Ren
- He Shou Wu
- Xing Ren
Bowel-moistening action.
Lung abscess.
- Zao Jiao Ci
- (Chuan Shan Jia)
- Jin Yin Hua
Breast abscess.
Intestinal abscess.
Accumulation of Heat and Phlegm with abundant yellow sputum, chest oppression, and constipation.
- Huo Ma Ren
- Yu Li Ren
- Zhi Ke
Constipation.
Productive cough with blood-streaked sputum and a sense of chest congestion and oppression.
Intestinal abscess with Qi and Blood Deficiency.
Notes
- Older texts made no distinction between this herb (the fruit), the seed Gua Lou, or the husk Gua Lou Pi.
- It both cools and moistens, treating cough with chest pain and thick, hard-to-expectorate sputum.
- This herb, Sm. Persicae Tao Ren, and Sm. Cannabis Huo Ma Ren all treat dry constipation, but for different causes: Tao Ren addresses constipation from Blood Stasis and Heat, this herb addresses constipation from Lung Heat with thirst, and Huo Ma Ren addresses constipation from pronounced, severe Heat.
- It appears commonly in formulas for Lung Heat, particularly when Yin Deficiency is present.
- It has an unusual combined taste of sweet, bitter, and sour.
- The dry-fried form, Chao Gua Lou Ren, is the customary preparation, since the raw herb's taste can trigger nausea and vomiting.
- The defatted form, Lou Ren Schuang, moistens the Intestines less and is used in Spleen-Deficient patients who have cough and Phlegm.