Effects:

Moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, inducing diuresis and broadening the chest. It is useful in treating phlegm-heat cough, sore throat, chest pain, vomiting blood, epistaxis, thirst, constipation, carbuncle sores and poisons.

Properties: the dried pericarp is usually rolled into a tube, about 6-10 centimeters long; often with a stalk, about 2 centimeters long; the pericarp is very thin, the outer surface is orange-yellow, with bright red patches and fine veins, the inner surface is whitish to dark yellow, often accompanied by the pulp is not removed. Hard and brittle. Aromatic, with a spicy flavor. The color is bright, no fruit stalk is better.

Taboos of Gua Lou shell

1, Gua Lou skin should not be used with aconite herbs.

2, spleen deficiency, dampness and phlegm should not be used Gua Loubian Shell.

Expanded Information

Guadeloupe peel pick mature fruit in the fall, dissected, remove the pulp and seeds, shade dry.

Traits of this product is often cut into 2 to several petals, the edge of the inward curled, 6 ~ 12cm long. the outer surface of orange-red or orange-yellow, wrinkled, some have remnants of fruit stalks, the inner surface of yellow-white. The texture is brittle, easy to break. It has caramel odor, light and slightly acidic taste.

Taste and attribution of sweet, cold. Attributed to the lung and stomach meridians.

Functions and Indications: Clearing away heat and phlegm, inducing qi and relaxing the chest. Used for coughing with phlegm-heat, chest tightness and dystocia.

Note that it should not be used with aconite herbs.

Store in a cool and dry place to prevent mold and moth.

Reference? Baidu Encyclopedia-Guayabusa Piper