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Cloves (Dingxiang)
Pharmaceutical Name: Flos Caryophylatae
Botanical Name: Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb.
Common Name: Cloves
Source of Earliest Record: Yaoxing Lun
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The flower buds are gathered
in September or March, when the buds turn
bright red. Then, they are dried.
Properties & Taste: Pungent and warm
Meridians: Spleen, stomach and kidney
Functions:
1. To warm the spleen and stomach and direct
rebellious qi downward;
2. To warm the kidneys and tonify the yang
Indications & Combinations:
1. Cold in the stomach manifested as belching
and vomiting. Cloves (Dingxiang) is used with
Pinellia tuber (Banxia) and Fresh ginger (Shengjiang).
2. Weakness and cold in the spleen and stomach
manifested as poor appetite, vomiting and
diarrhea. Cloves (Dingxiang) is used with
Amomum fruit (Sharen) and White atractylodes
(Baizhu).
3. Weakness and cold in the stomach manifested
as belching and vomiting. Cloves (Dingxiang)
is used with Ginseng (Renshen) or Pilose asiabell
root (Dangshen) and Fresh ginger (Shengjiang).
4. Kidney yang deficiency manifested as
impotence. Cloves (Dingxiang) is used with
Prepared aconite root (Fuzi), Cinnamon bark
(Rougui), Morinda root (Bajitian) and Epimedium
(Yinyanghuo).
Dosage: 2-5 g
Cautions & Contraindications: This herb
should not be combined with the herb Curcuma
root (Yujin). |
