Chinese Hawthorn Fruit (Shan Zha), 1 oz

SKU	KS104-1
Brand	Kan Singles
Unit Size	1
Taste	sour, sweet - Bensky
Properties	Slightly warm - Bensky
Contraindications	Use with caution in those with weakness or deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach. Large doses are absolutely contraindicated during pregnancy, as this can lead to fetal death. - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology	Abdominal distention, pain or diarrhea due to food stagnation; post-partum pain and clumps due to blood stasis; bulging disorders - Bensky
Western Symptomology	Hypertension, coronary artery disease, elevated serum cholesterol - Bensky
Actions	Reduces food stagnation, especially from meat and greasy foods, invigorates the blood flow, alleviates diarrhea and dysentery. - Bensky
Pattern	Food stagnation, blood stasis - Bensky
Channels Entered	Liver, Spleen, Stomach - Bensky
Chinese name	Shan Zha
English name	Crataegus Fruit; Hawthorn Fruit; Crataegi Fructus

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Description

	Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed. Reduces food stagnation and transforms accumulation: for accumulation due to meat or greasy foods with abdominal distention, pain, or diarrhea.* Transforms blood stasis and dissipates clumps: for post-partum abdominal pain and clumps due to blood stasis. Also for bulging disorders.* Stops diarrhea: the partially charred herb is used for the diarrhea of chronic dysentery-like disorders.* Also recently used for hypertension, coronary artery disease, and elevated serum cholesterol.*