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Pin Yin: cao dou kou
Common name: seeds of Kadsumada's galangal
Botanical family: Zingiberaceae
Botanical name: Alpinia kadsumadai Hayata
Primary action: Aromatic-transform Dampness
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid, aromatic
Entering Channel: Sp, St
Actions:
Expels Cold Spleen Damp and Stomach; relieves vomiting and epigastric
pain.
Fortifies Spleen and dries Dampness; improves appetite and relieves
chronic diarrhea.
(See
Spleen Yang Vacuity
;
Spleen Damp
;
Stomach Vacuity Cold
.)
Dosage: 0.5-2 qian.
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