Suo Luo Zi娑罗子
Fructus AesculiHorse Chestnut
Also known asChinese Buckeye Seed · Wilson Buckeye Seed
- Category
- Herbs that regulate Qi
- Nature
- warm
- Taste
- sweet
- Channels entered
- Liver, Stomach, Spleen, Lung
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
Actions & indications
- Regulates Qi, relieves the Middle Jiao, descends *Qi and stops epigastric pain*
- Pain due to distention in the chest, hypochondria and Stomach from Liver disharmony
- Premenstrual breast distention and pain due to Liver Qi Stagnation
- Kills intestinal parasites
- Intestinal parasites
Contraindications
Use caution with Qi or Yin Deficiency.
Notes
- Japanese Fr. Aesuclus Suo Luo Zi aids intestinal digestion and absorption, and it is also used to make skin lotion.
- In Germany, the seed is made into an aqueous extract to treat hemorrhoids, functional uterine bleeding and broken bones, and as a general anti-inflammatory.
- It is said to be the most reliable treatment for Stomach pain.
- Bitter and slightly cooling, the flesh eases the Middle and descends Qi, treating epigastric, Liver and diaphragmatic distention and bloating, accumulation from childhood nutritional impairment, malarial and dysenteric disorders, and hematemesis from overexertion injury.
- The flesh also settles the Stomach and unblocks the collaterals, working especially well when charred on a tile, or soaked in wine and roasted, before being taken.
- A single Aesculi seed benefits epigastric pain: shell it, pulverize it, decoct it and drink it; taken three times, it can also expel parasites in the stool.