Description

Description
subspherical, 2-3.2 Cm in diameter. Externally golden to brownish-yellow, somewhat lustrous, rarely dented or shrunken, with deep brown small dots. Apex with remains of style attached, base with dent and a fruit stalk scar. Epicarp leathery, usually forming a space with sarcocarp. Sarcocarp loose and soft, pale yellow, viscous when moistened with water. Kernels spherical or ovoid, texture heard, both ends truncate, with 6-8 longitudinal ribs and 6-8 loculi, each loculus containing a blackish-brown oblong seed. Odour, characteristic; taste, sour and bitter.

action
to remove pain by smoothing the flow of the liver qi and to repel worms.
indications
distending pain in the chest, hypochondrium and epigastrium; colic in the lower abdomen; abdominal pain due to intestinal parasitosis.

referential advice
1. Promoting flow of qi and relieving pain

this herb is used to treat distention and pain of the chest and abdomen, painful hernia, etc. Due to stagnation of liver-qi and hyperactivity of fire in the liver and gall bladder. This herb is bitter in taste and cold and descending in nature with the effect of eliminating liver-heat. Therefore, it is often used to treat diseases due to heath. In treating distention and pain of the chest and abdomen, the herb is often used in combination with rhizoma corydalis to enhance the effect of relieving pain. In treating painful hernia with manifestation of cold, the herb can be used in combination with radix aucklandiae, fructus foeniculi, fructus euodiae, etc. To dispel cold, regulate flow of qi and relieve pain.

2. Eliminating parasites

in treating abdominal pain due to enterositosis, the herb is often used with other herbs for destroying parasites, such as fructus quisqualis, semen arecae, etc.

in addition, the herb can also be used to treat tinea capitis. The herb is baked till it turns brown, ground into powder, mixed with lard or sesame oil and applied to the local area. Before application, the affected part should be washed with warm salt water.

tips
this herb is contraindicated for cold of deficiency type of the spleen and stomach.

this statement has not been evaluated by the food and drug administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Unless used under instructions by a licensed herbalist.