: Caoguoren is the fruit of the ginger plant Caoguo. Caoguoren is also known as Caoguo, Caoguozi, and Laokou. The processed products of Caoguoren include fried Caoguoren. , ginger and grass nuts, and simmered grass nuts. Grass nuts have the effects of warming the body, strengthening the stomach, digesting food, and smoothing the qi. Now I will introduce the effects and functions of grass nuts to you. I hope it can help you.

Efficacy and functions of Caoguoren:

1. Caoguoren combined with amomum villosum can enhance the effect of removing dampness and turbidity, warming the spleen and yang, and calming stomach qi. With Magnolia officinalis, it can resolve dampness and turbidity, strengthen the spleen and stomach, promote qi and harmonize the stomach.

2. Herbaceae kernels and white cardamom are paired with each other and each has its own strengths. It has strong effects of resolving dampness and awakening the spleen, warming the stomach and dispersing cold, promoting qi and relieving pain, and regulating and stopping vomiting. .

3. Caoguoren combined with Anemarrhenae has the function of regulating cold and heat, harmonizing the exterior and interior, and is good at treating malaria syndrome.

4. The combination of grass nut kernels and Changshan can strengthen the efficacy of malaria-cutting medicine and avoid the disadvantages of Changshan vomiting.

5. Caoguo is used to prepare five-spice powder, curry powder, etc., and is a raw material for the food, spices, and pharmaceutical industries. The stems, leaves and fruits can be used to extract aromatic oils and used as seasonings. In addition to being used as food seasoning, the whole fruit can also be used as medicine. It is pungent in taste and warm in nature. It has the functions of warming the body, strengthening the stomach, digesting, and smoothing the qi. It is mainly used to treat abdominal pain, epigastric distension and pain, nausea and vomiting, cough and phlegm, etc.

Effects of Cao Guo Keren:

1. Cao Guo Keren is used to treat the onset of the plague. First, there is an aversion to cold and then fever. The pulse is neither floating nor sinking but counts, fever day and night, aggravated by daily feeding, head and body pain: 10 grams of betel nut, 5 grams of Magnolia officinalis, 2.5 grams of grass kernel, 5 grams of Anemarrhena, 5 grams of peony root, 5 grams of skullcap. , licorice 2.5 grams. Fry in water for one hour for eight minutes and take it warm in the afternoon. Dayuan Drink

2. Caoguoren treats malaria, cold phlegm in the stomach condenses, and is difficult to dissolve: Caoguo, Changshan, Anemarrhena, black plum, betel nut, licorice, pangolin. Decoction in water. Caoguo Drink

3. Caoguoren treats malaria, pulse is stringy and rapid, but the heat is not cold, or the heat is more than the cold, the diaphragm is full and you can eat, the mouth is bitter, the tongue is dry, and you are upset. , thirsty for water, yellow and red urine, unfavorable internal organs: peel off the white skin of the green bark, stir-fry the magnolia bark and ginger, atractylodes, grass kernels, bupleurum and peel, peel the poria, soak the pinellia decoction for seven times, roast the skullcap and licorice, etc. point. File finely. Take 20 grams each time, take a cup and a half of water, five slices of ginger, fry until seven minutes, remove the phlegm, and take it warm, at any time. Qingpi Decoction

4. Caoguoren to treat spleen pain and fullness: two Caoguoren. Decoction with wine and take it.

5. Caoguoren can treat disharmony between cold and heat in the stomach and intestines, red and white diarrhea, diarrhea due to latent heat, and blood in the stool due to viscera poisoning: remove Caoguozi, licorice, Sanguisorba, and Fructus Aurantii. Rang, fried with bran. Divide the upper portion into coarse powder. Take 10 grams each time, simmer a piece of ginger with a cup and a half of water, smash it into pieces, fry it for seven minutes, remove the phlegm and take it at any time. Caoguo drink

6. Caoguoren can treat swollen cold and malaria that does not heal, relieve cold and less heat, have a green face and not eat, or have loose stools and excessive urination: Caoguoren, Aconite cannon, peel off the navel. Divide into equal portions and file finely. Take 25 grams each time, two cups of water, seven slices of ginger, one jujube, fry until seven minutes, remove the phlegm and take it warm, no matter the time. Guofu Decoction

How to eat Caoguo Kernel:

Caoguo Yinzi

Composition: 4 Caoguo Kernels, remove the ginseng Half a penny of reed head, 13 pieces of Pinellia ternata, soaked in boiling water 7 times, roasted half a penny of licorice, 3 jujubes, 3 black plums, and 1 piece of 3-inch ginger.

Usage and dosage: Shangkoufuzui. Add 1 large bowl of water, fry until half of the bowl is filled, drain, and drink warm before eating.

Indications: Malaria. Alternating cold and heat, polydipsia and headache, or both cold and heat.

Source: Volume 3 of "Yang Family Tibetan Prescriptions".

Caoguo Powder

Composition: Remove the rough skin of Magnolia officinalis, soak in ginger juice, stir-fry 2 taels of yellow, simmer 1 nutmeg, and simmer 1 cardamom.

Indications: Deficiency of viscera in pregnancy, wind-cold in the body, long-term weakness of the spleen and stomach, deficiency and slippery viscera, pain in the umbilicus and abdomen, day and night.

Usage and dosage: Shangkoufuzui. Take 3 qian per serving, 1 cup of water, add 3 slices of ginger, fry until 7 minutes, remove the heat and take it.

Source: Volume 15 of "A Good Prescription for Women".

Caoguo Jianzhong Decoction

Composition: half a liang of ginseng, half a liang of Caoguo, half a liang of osmanthus, 1 liang of white peony root, and 3 fen of licorice.

Preparation method: Make it powder.

Usage and dosage: Decoction in water, take more times a day.

Indications: malaria in children.

Source: Volume 39

Caoguo Beef Soup

Ingredients: 6 grams of Caoguo, 200 grams of beef.

Method: Use 6 grams of grass fruit and 200 grams of beef each time, cut into small pieces, add appropriate amount of water, make soup, add salt and seasonings, eat beef and drink soup.

Efficacy: It has the therapeutic effect of dispelling cold, dehumidifying, digesting and relieving pain in patients with liver disease, cold hands, feet, and heart, cold stomach, stagnant diet, and upper abdominal distension. However, it should not be taken by those with stomach heat and constipation.