Chinese Hawthorn Fruit (Shan Zha), 2 oz
Chinese Hawthorn Fruit (Shan Zha), 2 oz
| SKU |
KS104-2 |
| Brand |
Kan Singles |
| Unit Size |
2 oz |
| 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 |
| Description |
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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.*
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| Ingredients |
Shan Zha - Crataegus
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