Category: Dampness-reducing Medicine

Pinyin: CAO

GUO

Latin: Fructus

Tsaoko

Alias: Cao Guo Zi, Cao Guo Nian

Medicinal Part: Mature Fruit

Medicinal Properties: This product is elongated ellipsoidal with three obtuse ribs, 2-4 cm long, 1-5 cm in diameter. The surface is grayish brown to reddish brown, with longitudinal grooves and ribs, with a rounded protruding column base at the tip, and a fruiting peduncle or fruiting peduncle scar at the base. Fruit cortex tough, easy to longitudinal tear. Peel off the outer skin, the center has a yellow-brown septum, the seed mass into 3 petals, each petal has more than 8 to 11 seeds. The seeds are conical polyhedral, about 5mm in diameter; the surface is reddish brown, covered with grayish-white membranous aril, with a longitudinal groove at the ridge and a concave umbilicus at the tip; the texture is hard, and the endosperm is grayish-white. There is a special aroma, taste pungent, slightly bitter.

Cultivation points:

Origin: Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou

Harvesting and processing: harvested in the fall when the fruit is ripe. Remove impurities, sun-dried or low-temperature drying.

Ground Grain:

Essence: Warm; Pungent; Attributed to the spleen, stomach meridian

Functions: Drying dampness and warming the middle, removing phlegm and intercepting malaria. Used for cold and dampness internal obstruction, epigastric distension and pain, plumpness and vomiting, malaria, cold and heat.

Use and dosage: for internal use: decoction, 3-6g, or into pills, bulk.

Contraindications: Yin deficiency blood is forbidden.