Single Herbs
Formula
Single Herbs
| Category | Hua Tan Zhi Ke Ping Chuan Yao 化痰止咳平喘藥 |
| Sub Category | Hua Tan 化痰 |
| Name | Gua Lou Ren 瓜蔞仁 Trichosanthes seed |
| Grown | Throughout China. |
| Source | Dried seed of Trichosanthes kirillowii Maxim. |
| Ingredients | Campestol, Stigmasterol, Sitosterol, 7,25-Stigmastadien-3-ol, ?-Spinasterol |
| Pharma Effect | |
| Properties | Sweet, slightly bitter, cold |
| Channels | Large intestine, lung, stomach |
| Function | Clears lung, transforms phlegm, moistens dryness and intestines, and cleans heat stasis and filth from stomach. |
| Clinic Usage | For coughing due to phlegm-heat, constipation with hard stool, bloody expectoration and diabetes. |
| Cautions | |
| Dosage | 9~12g |
| Storage | Store in a ceramic container. Avoid mold and infestation by worms. |
