nutmeg is also called meat fruit. It is the dried seed kernel of Myristicaceae. Distributed in Taiwan Province, Guangdong, Yunnan and other places. It contains 2% ~ 9% of volatile oil, mainly dextene and fat (7% ~ 8% of myristic acid), and also contains myristic ether. It has the effects of warming the middle warmer, promoting qi circulation, astringing the intestine and stopping diarrhea. Commonly used for spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, chronic diarrhea, abdominal distension and pain, eating less and vomiting.

1. astringing the intestine to stop diarrhea

nutmeg is pungent and warm, astringent, can warm the spleen and stomach, strengthen the large intestine and stop diarrhea, and is an important medicine for treating diarrhea due to deficiency-cold syndrome. For chronic diarrhea and dysentery due to deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach, it is often combined with cinnamon, dried ginger, codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala and terminalia chebula. If combined with Fructus Psoraleae, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis and Fructus Evodiae, it can treat spleen and kidney yang deficiency and diarrhea in the fifth watch, such as Sishen Pill.

2. Warm the middle warmer and regulate the spleen

Nutmeg is spicy and dry, which can warm the middle warmer and regulate the spleen, promote qi circulation and relieve pain. For stomach cold and qi stagnation, epigastric distension and pain, anorexia and vomiting, it is often combined with herbs such as Radix Aucklandiae, Rhizoma Zingiberis and Rhizoma Pinelliae. It is also used for invigorating the stomach, and is suitable for patients with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, loss of appetite, distention, abdominal distension and abdominal pain, and can also stop vomiting and treat infantile anorexia and dyspepsia. With Rhizoma Cyperi, Massa Medicata Fermentata, Fructus Hordei Germinatus, Fructus Amomi, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, etc.