Gua Lou Zi (Gua Lou Ren), 100g

SKU	TCM342-G
Brand	TCM Zone Single Herb Granules - 100g Bottles
Unit Size	100 Grams
Dosage	recommended 2 gram each time, three times daily or as directed by your licensed practitioners.
Potency	5:1
Taste	Sweet
Properties	Cold
Contraindications	Contraindicated in those with a weak, deficiency Spleen and either nausea or loose stoo
Chinese Symptomology	Phlegm-heat cough; Stifling sensation, pain, or diaphragmatic pressure due to accumulations of phlegm in the chest; Dry constipation, especially when it appears in a pattern of Lung heat with dry mouth, thirst, and irritability; Breast abscess and swelling and unsupporated sores. - Bensky
Actions	Moistens both the Lungs and Intestines, cools and transforms phlegm. - Bensky
Pattern	Phlegm-heat; Accumulations of phlegm in the chest; Lung heat; Dry intestines; Unsupporated sores. - Bensky
Channels Entered	Lung, Stomach, Large Intestine - Bensky
Chinese name	瓜蒌子
English name	Trichosanthes Seed, Semen Trichosanthis

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Description	Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica Clears and transforms phlegm-heat: for phlegm-heat cough. Both cools and moistens. Especially useful for cough with chest pain and thick, difficult-to-expectorate sputum.* Expands the chest: for accumulations of phlegm in the chest leading to a stifling sensation, pain, or diaphragmatic pressure.* Moistens the Intestines: for dry constipation, especially when it appears in a pattern of Lung heat with dry mouth, thirst, and irritability.* Promotes healing of sores: used adjunctively for breast abscess and swelling as well as sores that have not yet supporated.*