• Gua Lou Ren, Trichosanthes seed - 4 oz.
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Gua Lou Ren, Trichosanthes seed - 4 oz.

Gua Lou Ren, Trichosanthes seed - 4 oz.

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Trichosanthes Seed moistens both the Lungs and Intestines, cools and transforms phlegm. - Bensky


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.*

English Name: Trichosanthis Semen
Chinese Name: Gua Lou Ren
Unit Size: 4 oz.
Potency: 8:1
Taste: Sweet
Properties: Cold
Channels Entered: Lung, Stomach, Large Intestine - 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
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
Materia Medica: Transform Phlegm & Aid Cough
Contraindications: Contraindicated in those with a weak, deficiency Spleen and either nausea or loose stoo

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