This product is the mature fruit of Alpinia oxyphylla Miq., a perennial herbaceous plant of the Zingiberaceae family. It grows in damp forests and is cultivated. Produced in Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi. Harvest the fruits when they turn from green to red in summer and autumn and dry them in the sun or at low temperature.

[Property]

Acrid, warm. act on spleen and kidney channels.

[Indications]

1. Warming the spleen, appetizing and ingesting saliva: Mainly used to treat middle energizer deficiency and cold, little food, excessive saliva and abdominal pain loose stool. It is always used together with warming the middle tonifying qi.
2. Warming the kidney, securing essence and reducing urination: It is suitable for kidney yang deficiency, deficiency and coldness of lower yuan, loss of its solid secret, symptoms such as seminal emission, enuresis, frequent urination, residual urine and other symptoms.

[Usage and Dosage]

3~6g.

[Precaution]

People with yin deficiency with effulgent fire and dampness-heat should not take it.

[Modern Pharmacology]

Contains volatile oils, which mainly contain eucalyptol, zingiberene, zingiberol, etc.