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Pin Yin: bai dou kou
Common name: cardamom
Botanical family: Zingiberaceae
Botanical name: 1, Amomum cardamomum L.; 2, Elettaria cardamomum White et Maton (inferior quality)
Primary action: Aromatic-transform Dampness
Secondary actions:
Rectify Qi
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid, aromatic
Entering Channel: Lu, Sp, St
Actions:
Warms Middle Burner and descends counterflow Stomach Qi.
Moves Qi and transforms Spleen Damp and Stomach.
May be used with other herbs for transforming Dampness accompanying Damp
Warm Disease with very thick greasy tongue coating.
(See
Spleen Yang Vacuity
;
Stomach Vacuity Cold
;
Spleen Damp
.)
Dosage:
0.5-2 qian.
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