Tsaoko
(Caoguo)
Pharmaceutical Name : Fructus Tsaoko
Botanical Name : Amomum tsao-ko Crevost
et Lemaire
Common Name : Tsaoko, Amomum seed
Source of Earliest Record: Yinshan Zhenyao
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations : The ripe fruit is gathered
in autumn and dried in the sun. The seeds
are collected after the carbonized fruit is
broken into pieces.
Properties & Taste : Pungent and warm
Meridians : Spleen and stomach
Functions:
1. To dry dampness and warm spleen and stomach;
2. To relieve malaria
Indications & Combinations:
1. Cold-damp blocking and stagnating spleen
and stomach manifested as epigastric and abdominal
distension and fullness, cold pain, vomiting
and diarrhea. Tsaoko (Caoguo) is used with
Magnolia bark (Houpo), Atractylodes rhizome
(Cangzhu) and Pinellia tuber (Banxia).
2. Malaria. Tsaoko (Caoguo) is used with
Dichroa root (Changshan) and Bupleurum root
(Chaihu).
Dosage: 3-6 g |
