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Shan Zha - Lab Tested, 1lb
Shan Zha - Lab Tested, 1lb
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Shan Zha (Crataegi Fructus) is Hawthorn Fruit, a foundational digestive herb that reduces food stagnation, transforms accumulations, and dissipates blood stasis. Sold by the pound, lab tested.
Shan Zha (Crataegi Fructus), known in the West as Hawthorn Fruit, is a widely used digestive herb in the Chinese materia medica that specializes in reducing food stagnation, particularly from overconsumption of meat and fatty foods. It also transforms blood stasis and is commonly included in formulas for accumulation and stagnation. This lot is lab tested for quality and purity.
- Reduces and guides out food stagnation: helps ease abdominal distension, belching, and digestive discomfort from meat and greasy foods
- Transforms accumulations and dissipates blood stasis: traditionally used for postpartum abdominal pain, hernial disorders, and stagnation-related conditions
- Stops diarrhea: supports those with diarrhea arising from food stagnation
Sold by the pound as a bulk raw herb for use in traditional decoctions. Intended for use by licensed practitioners and experienced herbalists.
English Name: Hawthorn Fruit
Unit Size: 1 pound
Potency: 1:1
Taste: Sour, Sweet
Properties: Slightly Warm
Channels Entered: Liver, Spleen, Stomach
Actions: Reduces and guides out food stagnation; Transforms accumulations and dissipates blood stasis; Stops diarrhea
Pattern: Food stagnation from meat and fatty foods; Blood stasis accumulation
Chinese Symptomology: Food stagnation from meat and greasy foods with abdominal distension, belching, and pain; Postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis; Hernial disorders
Materia Medica: Relieve Food Stagnation
Contraindications: Contraindicated in those with Spleen and Stomach deficiency without food stagnation. Use with caution in cases of acid regurgitation or hyperacidity.
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