Name: Cao Guo (Tsaoko) 4oz - Superherbsf
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Pharmaceutical Name:	Fructus Tsaoko
Botanical Name:	Amomum tsao-kko 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 and Taste:	Pungent and warm
Meridian:	Spleen and stomach
Functions:	To dry dampness and warm spleen and stomach To relieve malaria
Indications and Combinations:	1. Cold-damp blocking and stagnating spleen and stomach manifested as epigastric and abdominal distension and fullness, cold pain, vomiting and diarrhea. Use with Magnolia bark (Houpo), Atractylodes rhizome (Cangzhu) and Pinellia tuber (Banxia). 2. Malaria. Use with Dichroa root (Changshan) and Bupleurum root (Chaihu).
Dosage:	3-6 g

Cao Guo (Tsaoko) 4oz