Pharmaceutical Name: | Flos Caryophylatae |
Botanical Name: | Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb. |
Common Name: | Cloves |
Source of Earliest Record: | Yaoxing Lun |
art 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 and Taste: | Pungent and warm |
Meridian: | Spleen, stomach and kidney |
Functions: | To warm the spleen and stomach and direct rebellious qi downward; To warm the kidneys and tonify the yang |
Indications and Combinations: | 1. Cold in the stomach manifested as belching and vomiting. *Use with Pinellia tuber (Banxia) and Fresh ginger (Shengjiang). 2. Weakness and cold in the spleen and stomach manifested as poor appetite, vomiting and diarrhea. 3. Weakness and cold in the stomach manifested as belching and vomiting. 4. Kidney yang deficiency manifested as impotence. |
Dosage: | 2-5 g |
Cautions: | This herb should not be combined with Curcuma root (Yujin). |
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