Gua Lou Granules

SKU	BPG400
Brand	Blue Poppy Granules - Single Herbs
Unit Size	100g
Potency	5:1
Taste	Sweet - Bensky
Properties	Cold - Bensky
Contraindications	Contraindicated for those with diarrhea due to deficiency and weakness of the Spleen and Stomach. Should not be combined with drugs of the Aconitum complex. - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology	Heat-induced coughs with sputum that is thick and difficult to expectorate; Conditions in which qi accumulates in the chest leading to a stifling or distended sensation, constriction, pain, or pressure in the diaphragm; Abscesses involving the Lungs, Intestines, or breast. - Bensky
Actions	Cools and transforms phlegm-heat, moistens the Intestines, directs turbid phlegm downward. - Bensky
Pattern	Phlegm-heat; heat-induced cough; Qi accumulations in the chest; Abscesses and nodules. - Bensky
Channels Entered	Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach - Bensky
English name	Trichosanthis Fructus

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Description	Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica Clears heat and transforms phlegm-heat: for heat-induced coughs with sputum that is thick and difficult to expectorate. Can be used as a stand-alone herb, especially in children.* Unbinds the chest and dissipates nodules: for conditions in which qi accumulates in the chest leading to a stifling or distended sensation, constriction, pain, or pressure in the diaphragm.* Reduces abscesses and dissipates nodules: primarily for abscesses involving the Lungs, Intestines, or breast.*