Shongo is the dried mature fruit of grasshopper in the ginger family.

Shiang Guo AKA Chuanxiong: Chuanxiong English name: RHIZOMA CHUANXIONG Shiang Guo Chinese herbal medicine This product is the dried rhizome of the umbelliferae plant Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. It is harvested in summer when the nodal discs on the stems are prominent and purplish, and the roots are dried in the sun and then removed. It belongs to the liver, gallbladder and pericardium meridians.　

Functions and Indications Promote blood circulation and circulation of Qi, dispel wind and relieve pain. It is used in treating irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, pain in the abdomen and obstruction of the abdomen, stabbing pain in the chest and hypochondrium, swelling and pain in falling and thumping, headache, and rheumatism paralysis.

Wild or cultivated. Mainly produced in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou and other places. Taste pungent, sexual temperature. It is a necessary spice for cooking, its flavor is mellow and unusual, refreshing; grass fruit is pungent and warm, with a strong aroma, and digestion and stomach, smooth gas, cold effects. Do Sichuan-style chicken, duck and other meat dishes commonly used.