Cao Dou Kou Semen Alpiniae Katsumadai Katsumade Galangal Seed
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草豆蔻
Naming
Cao Dou Kou (Semen Alpiniae Katsumadai)——Lei Gong Pao Zhi Lun (Lei’s Treaties on Preparation of Drugs)
Cao Dou Kou Cao Kou Ren 草寇仁 Semen Alpiniae Semen Alpiniae Katsumadai Katsumade Galangal Seed
The Processing of 草豆蔻
Origin
The immature seed of Alpinia katsumadai Hayata of family Zingiberaceae.
Location
Guangxi and Guangdong provinces, etc. in China.
Harvest
Collected in summer and autumn.
The true smell and taste
Fragrant, pungent and slight bitter.
Best quality
Dry, big, full, strong fragrant.
Processing
Get rid of the pericarp and dried in sun, unprocessed, broken when used.
The Effect of 草豆蔻
Property
Pungent, warm; spleen and stomach meridians entered.
Actions
Dry dampness and move qi, warm middle energizer and arrest vomiting.
Indications
A. Syndrome of obstruction of cold-damp in middle energizer
It is fragrant and warm in nature, and good at drying dampness and resolving turbidity, warming middle energizer and dispersing cold, moving qi and relieving distension. It is suitable for disturbance of qi movement due to cold-damp preponderance of spleen and stomach. It is usually combined with the middle-energizer-warming and qi-moving herbs such as Gan Jiang, Hou Po and Chen Pi.
B. Vomiting due to cold-damp
It can warm the middle energizer and disperse cold, check adverse rise of qi and arrest vomiting. For the syndrome of obstruction of cold-damp in middle energizer manifested as vomiting clear saliva, it is usually combined with the middle-energizer-warming and vomiting-arresting herbs such as Gao Liang Jiang, Chen Pi and Rou Dou Kou. For vomiting due to deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach, it is usually combined with the herbs of invigorating spleen and tonifying qi, warming middle energizer and arresting vomiting such as Ren Shen, Gan Cao and Sheng Jiang. In addition, it is warm and dry in property and acts for warming and drying cold-damp to check diarrhea. For chronic diarrhea due to cold-damp preponderance in interior it can be combined with the dampness-drying, middle-energizer-warming and qi-moving herbs such as Cang Zhu, Mu Xiang and Rou Dou Kou.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 3~6 g, or grind it into powder for pill and powder, decoct later.
Quality Assurance
This bulk herb Cao Dou Kou 草豆蔻 Semen Alpiniae Katsumadai Katsumade Galangal Seed is of premium quality. Our bulk Chinese herbs are mostly wild harvested but some herbs are farm grown to protect their natural habitats and meet incremental market demands. The harvests of right species at proper maturity are identified by experienced professionals, cleaned, cut or sliced, and dried. Cases, special processing methods such as soaking with rice wine, steaming, roasting are applied as mandated by traditional Chinese medicine traditions to prepare the Chinese herbs to achieve desired properties, enhance efficacy, and reduce toxicity.
Warning
In the course of formulas to enhance each other's desirable action and to minimize any potential side effect. In TCM, Chinese herbs are mostly combined in the context of formulas to enhance each other's desirable action and to minimize any potential side effect.
Inventory Last Updated: Jul 08, 2020