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Cao Dou Kou Granules
Cao Dou Kou Granules
| SKU | BPG333 | |
| Brand | Blue Poppy Granules - Single Herbs | |
| Unit Size | 100g | |
| Potency | 5:1 | |
| Taste | Acrid | |
| Properties | Warm, aromatic | |
| Contraindications | Contraindicated in cases with yin or blood deficiency | |
| Chinese Symptomology | Fullness, distention, and pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea. | |
| Actions | Warms the middle, mobilizes the qi, dries turbid dampness. | |
| Pattern | Cold-dampness of the Spleen and Stomach | |
| Channels Entered | Spleen, Stomach | |
| English name | Katsumada's galangal seed, Alpinia Katsumadai Stem | |
| Description | "Acrid, dispersing, and warm, qualities which enable it to unblock, the clear aroma of alpiniae katsumadai Semen (cao dou kou) is ideal for treating constrained clumping of cold-dampness in the middle burner, which disrupts the normal ascent and descent of qi. - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.* |
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