Efficacy and functional taste: pungent and warm. Enter spleen, stomach and kidney meridians. Indications: eliminating dampness to stimulate appetite, warming spleen to stop diarrhea, regulating qi and preventing miscarriage. It can be used for obstruction due to dampness and turbidity, anorexia, deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach, vomiting and diarrhea, bad pregnancy and fetal movement. English name FRUCTUS AMOMI Latin name Amomi Semen alias Amomum villosum Lour., Amomum villosum Lour. var. xanthioides T.L. Wu et Senjen or Amomum longigualare T.L. Wu of Zingiberaceae are the dried and mature fruits. Harvest the fruits when they are ripe in summer and autumn, and dry them in the sun or at low temperature. The method removes impurities. Mash it with time. Characteristics: Yangchun sand and green shell sand: oval or oval, with inconspicuous triangular shape, length 1. 5 ~ 2 cm, diameter1~1. 5cm。 The surface is brown, densely spiny, with perianth residues at the top and often pedicels at the base. The peel is thin and soft. The seeds are clustered, with three obtuse edges and a white diaphragm in the middle. The seed cluster is divided into 3 petals, and each petal has 5 ~ 26 seeds. The seeds are irregular polyhedrons with a diameter of 2 ~ 3 mm; The surface is brownish red or dark brown, with fine wrinkles and light brown membranous aril; Hard, gray endosperm. The gas is fragrant and strong, and the taste is pungent and cool, slightly bitter. Hainan sand: oblong or ovoid, with obvious triangular shape and length of 1. 5 ~ 2 cm, diameter 0. 8～ 1。 2cm。 The surface is covered with flaky and branched soft thorns, and the base is marked with fruit stalks. The peel is thick and hard. The seed cluster is small, with 3 ~ 24 seeds per petal; Seed diameter 1. 5～2mm。 The smell is a little light. Avoid medication: people with yin deficiency and fever should avoid taking it. (1) Materia Medica of Haiyao: "Chebula, Carapax Trionycis and Cardamom. White peony is as good as others. " ② Herbal Classic Shu: "Abdominal pain belongs to fire, summer heat due to diarrhea, fetal movement due to blood heat, pharyngalgia due to fire inflammation, infantile rectocele due to qi deficiency, swelling due to damp heat, and upper-breath cough due to fire rushing to lung but not injury due to cold, all of which must be carefully examined and differentiated, so it is difficult to generalize." 3 "Drug Meaning": "The lungs have hidden fire and avoid it." 4 "Deserve Materia Medica": "Qi deficiency and lung fullness are prohibited." Compatibility of drugs: Compounding Semen Myristicae, dredging triple energizer, aromatizing turbidity, invigorating spleen and stomach, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain can all treat damp and turbidity, anorexia in stomach, qi stagnation, chest tightness, abdominal distension and pain, nausea and vomiting. With green tangerine peel, regulate qi and stop diarrhea, treat spleen and stomach qi stagnation, chest fullness, indigestion, diarrhea and dysentery with dampness blocking spleen and stomach. With Eupatorium odoratum, it can be used to treat dampness, qi stagnation, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, fullness in chest and abdomen, and restless fetal movement. Combined with winter sunflower, promoting qi circulation and promoting lactation can treat symptoms such as lack of qi, stagflation and full pain. With Rehmannia glutinosa, Amomum villosum can not only avoid the disadvantages of nourishing Rehmannia glutinosa and obstructing the stomach, but also lead Rehmannia glutinosa to the kidney. With Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, cold and warm are combined, and qi and blood are matched, which is used for fetal movement uneasiness caused by fetal heat upwelling. Combined with Radix Aucklandiae, it can be used to treat abdominal pain due to qi stagnation and indigestion, and strengthen the function of promoting qi circulation and relieving pain. Usage and dosage are 3 ~ 6g, and the decoction should be added later. Store in a cool and dry place.