Category
Relieve Food Stagnation
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Crataegi Fructus
English Name
Dosage
9-21g
Entering Channels
LV
Flavor
sour
Temperature
slightly warm
Pregnancy
Pregnancy - Caution
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
Individual Essential Oils
Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Use with caution in those with weakness or deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach.
- Large doses are absolutely contraindicated during pregnancy.
Actions & Indications:
- Reduces food stagnation and transforms accumulation: for accumulation due to meat or greasy foods with abdominal distension, pain, or diarrhea.
- Transforms blood stasis and dissipates clumps: for postpartum abdominal pain and clumps due to blood stasis. Also for bulging disorders.
- Stops diarrhea: the partially charred herb is used for the diarrhea of chronic dysentery-like disorders.
- Also recently used for hypertension, coronary artery disease, and elevated serum cholesterol.
